Viana is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. Cesare Borgia is buried there.
Viana is on the French Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
Demography
Notable people
Juan Vélaz de Medrano, founder of the oldest hereditary mayorazgo in Viana in 1437, the Vélaz de Medrano majorat.Cultura Navarra. https://www.culturanavarra.es/uploads/files/PV274_11.pdf 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 between 1820 and 1840, was a native of Viana, born there in 1782. Jesús Elizalde Sainz de Robles (1907-1980), Carlist politician
See also Prince of Viana
References
External links
Viana.- Medieval History of Navarre Ciudad de Viana (City of Viana) translated to english