Víznar
Appearance
Víznar | |
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town | |
Country | Spain |
Province | Granada |
Municipality | Víznar |
Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 789 |
• Density | 60.7/km2 (157/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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 18th-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.
37°07′N 03°35′W / 37.117°N 3.583°W