Viana is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
located in the province and autonomous community of
Navarre
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, northern
Spain
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.
Cesare Borgia
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is buried there.
Viana is on the
French Way path of the
Camino de Santiago
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.
Demography
Notable people
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Juan Vélaz de Medrano, founder of the oldest hereditary
''mayorazgo'' in Viana in 1437, the ''Vélaz de Medrano'' majorat.
*
José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios, 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 (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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