Víznar
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| Country | Spain | ||
| Province | Granada | ||
| Municipality | Víznar | ||
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| • Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 789 | ||
| • Density | 60.7/km2 (157.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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Víznar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain, only a few miles from the city of Granada itself. According to the 2005 census (INE), the town has a population of 789 inhabitants.
Site of the exquisite neo-classical Summer palace of an eighteenth-century archbishop of Granada, Don José Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, (1723-1811), an important figure in the history of Peru, the near-vicinity of Víznar was the place of execution, in 1936, of the noted Spanish poet, Federico García Lorca, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
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Coordinates: 37°07′N 03°35′W / 37.117°N 3.583°W
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