Viana is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
located in the province and autonomous community of
Navarre
Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...
, northern
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
.
Cesare Borgia
Cesare Borgia (; ca-valencia, Cèsar Borja ; es, link=no, César Borja ; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian ex-cardinal and ''condottiero'' (mercenary leader) of Aragonese (Spanish) origin, whose fight for power was a major i ...
is buried there.
Viana is on the
French Way path of the
Camino de Santiago
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Sai ...
.
Demography
Notable people
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José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios
José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios (1679–1756) was a Spanish "intendant" or "intendente" (a type of viceroyal governor) who held the position of governor in two countries in Central America during the Spanish colonial period. He was Gov ...
, born there in 1679, was Governor of Costa Rica (1713 to 1717) and Nicaragua (1740 to 1745) during Spanish colonial times.
* Francisco Gonzalez de Ibarra, a missionary active in
Southern California
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between 1820 and 1840, was a native of Viana, born there in 1782.
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Jesús Elizalde Sainz de Robles
Jesús Elías Francisco Elizalde Sainz de Robles (1907–1980) was a Spanish people, Spanish Carlist politician. He served in the Cortes Generales, Cortes in two separate strings: during the Second Spanish Republic, Second Republic in 1936 and d ...
(1907-1980),
Carlist
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politician
See also
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Prince of Viana
References
External links
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Viana.- Medieval History of NavarreCiudad de Viana (City of Viana) translated to english
Municipalities in Navarre
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