El barranco de Víznar y la muerte de Lorca Historical milestone · Víznar, Vega de Granada, Granada Image of Víznar, not of the place itself. In the district shared between Víznar and Alfacar, the poet Federico García Lorca was murdered around 18 August 1936, at the start of the Civil War; neither the exact date nor the whereabouts of his remains have been established with certainty despite excavations carried out in the area. agosto de 1936 Photo: JakobHosp (CC0) What to see and do in Víznar