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10 unusual facts about Viana


Basque Prehistory

Some towns like La Custodia (Biana, Navarre) would become clearly romanized, while others not far away, like La Hoya, would retain their original native character fully.

Belas, Luanda

Belas is one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).

Boca da Lapa

The area offers a panoramic view of the southeastern part of the plain but it is blocked by its nearest mountains and Viana, it offers a view of the island of Santa Luzia.

José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios

Lacayo (José Antonio Lacayo de Briones y Palacios), was born into a noble family on August 13, 1679 in Viana, Navarre.

José de Melo Carvalho Muniz Freire

He developed the railroads of the state, building the line from Vila Velha to Viana (which was later expanded to Cachoeiro do Itapemirin, from where it joined to the railroad to Rio de Janeiro), and greatly incentivated the European immigration to that State.

Luanda Province

In 2011 Luanda Province was subdivided into seven municipalities, namely, Luanda, Belas, Cacuaco, Cazenga, Icolo e Bengo, Quiçama and Viana.

Pavilhão Dream Space

The Pavilhão do Dream Space is a private-owned sports arena located in Kikuxi, Viana, Luanda.

Santa Isabel, Espírito Santo

As part of this program the first 39 families from North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (then known as Rheinpreussen in German or Prússia Renana in Portuguese, today those names are only historical), arrived to Vitória on the 21 of December 1846, first they settled in Viana but in 1857 most families followed on to found Santa Isabel Colony in the 27th of January 1857.

Viana, Espírito Santo

In 1961, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana.

War of the Three Sanchos

Tradition is divided over who had the victory, the Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña attributes a rout to the Navarrese and Aragonese at Viana, while the Primera crónica attributes victory to Sancho of Castile.


Afife

It is neighbours include the civil parish of Vila Praia de Âncora (municipality of Caminha) and Freixieiro de Soutelo (in the municipality of Viana do Castelo) to the north; the parish of Carreço, and a small area of the parish of Areosa, (within the municipality of Viana do Castelo) to the south; the parish of Outeiro to the east; and fronting the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

Africa Humanitarian Action

AHA worked in the Viana(refugee camp) with IDPs from the provinces of Malange, Moxico and Kwanza.

Agustín Viana

Viana was part of Uruguay's youth team set ups, including the U20 squad that competed in the 2003 South American U-20 Championship held in his native Uruguay.

Andre Luis Santos

André Bahia, full name André Luiz Bahia dos Santos Viana (born 1983) Brazilian football defender

António Mendonça

António Manuel Viana Mendonça (born 9 October 1982 in Luanda) is an Angolan footballer who plays for Santos Futebol Clube de Angola on loan from C.D. Primeiro de Agosto as a right winger.

Cacuaco

Cacuaco is one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Belas, Cazenga, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).

Carlos Correa

Gabriel Correa (Carlos Gabriel Correa Viana, born 1968), footballer

Cazenga

Cazenga is one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Belas, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama .

Final Stroke

The shots took place in Lisbon at UZI studios and the video was produced by Vasco Viana.

Hugo of Moncada

In 1495, he fought in Italy on behalf of king Charles VIII of France, (- king 1483 - 1498), disputing Naples to the Spaniards getting then under the service of Cesare Borgia, (1475 - killed March 1507, at Viana, Navarre, now in Spain) .

Lead Masks Case

The two men were identified as Manoel Pereira de Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana, two electronic technicians from Campos dos Goytacazes, a town several miles to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

Niccolò Granello

He went to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial with his half-brother Fabrizio Castello and other team members who had accompanied his stepfather from Genoa, including brothers Gian Maria and Francesco da Urbino, Francesco da Viana and others, with whom he worked continuously in the decoration of vaults and some walls of various units of the basilica and monastery of El Escorial until his death.

Penela Castle

During the 1383–1385 Crisis, the alcaide (commander of the castle) count Viana sided with Castile.

Viana do Castelo

Viana do Castelo Municipality, a city and municipality in Viana do Castelo District, Portugal