Viana. Convent of San Juan del Ramo. The foundation of the convent around 1440 is attributed to the Prince of Viana, D. Carlos, in favour of the observant Franciscans of the Franciscan province of Burgos. These later ceded it to the Conventuals of Aragon, and it returned to the people of Burgos. It was built in the of Val-de-Aras. The historian of the Order, Fr. Francisco Gonzaga, writes in 1587 that the number of religious did not usually exceed ten, as the place was very suitable for retreat and study. After the community was reformed, it was destined to perfect the grammar of the newly professed. In the 17th century it was moved to Viana itself, and the new construction began in 1642. In 1647 the new convent was already finished. It was installed outside the walls and by agreement with the parishes of Viana. The convent was inaugurated in 1642. Years later, a new church was built around 1677. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the community received various pious mandates and donations. One of them, that of D. Juan Cueto, in 1676, consisted of the works of Aristotle, Plato, Theophrastus, Pliny and the Bible. The chronicler of the Order, Garay, describes the library of the convent as precious, at which time it had thirty religious. Morals, philosophy and theology were taught there. In 1825 it had a College of Philosophy, subsidised by the convents of Pamplona, Sangüesa, Tafalla, Tudela, Estella, Alfaro, Calahorra, Nalda, Navarrete, Rocaforte and others. In the 19th century, the convent experienced political vicissitudes, first in 1814 and 1822, and then in 1835, with the Mendizábal law. In 1821, an assembly of the entire Franciscan province of Burgos was held there. In 1823, the community was led bayonets to Logroño. In May of the same year, when order was re-established with the help of the French, the friars returned to Viana to a great welcome. In 1836, as a result of the law of confiscation, the Franciscans left Viana and the Convent of San Juan del Ramo was suppressed, with Juan de Ichaso as syndic.