Bazan (surname)
Bazan is a Spanish language, Spanish surname of Navarre, Navarran origin. A surname of Polish and Ukrainian origins Bazan of unrelated origin also exists, meaning pheasant.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bazan Notable people with this surname include: XVI – XVIII century * Álvaro de Bazán the Elder (1506–1558), Spanish naval commander from an old Navarrese noble family * Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral * Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquess of Santa Cruz (1571–1646), the son of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz * Antonio Benavides Bazán y Molina (1678 -1772), Lieutenant General in the Spanish Army * Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1744–1816), naval officer of the Spanish Royal Navy * Ignacio de Arteaga y Bazán (1731–1783), officer of the Spanish Navy * José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz (1782–1839), Spanish noble, first Director of the Prado Museum * Juan de Zúñiga ...
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Baztan, Navarre
Baztan is a municipality from the Chartered Community of Navarre, northern Spain. It is located from Pamplona, the capital of Navarre. It is the largest municipality in Navarre, with around 376.8 km2 and just over 8,000 inhabitants. Settlements The capital of the valley is Elizondo, and includes 15 other villages, as follows: *Amaiur-Maya * Aniz *Arraioz * Almandoz * Arizkun * Azpilkueta * Berroeta * Elbete *Erratzu * Gartzain * Irurita * Lekaroz *Erratzu *Oronoz-Mugairi * Ziga Geography The territory of the Baztan valley extends over an area of 377 square km of which much is common land jointly owned by the residents of the Baztan valley and primarily used as grazing ground for flocks of sheep and herds of semi-wild horses. The Baztan Valley borders with the French Basque regions of Lapurdi and Lower Navarre which is accessed by the Izpegi Pass to the east of the valley and Dantxarinea to the north. This vicinity to France and its ties with its Basque neighbours has gre ...
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