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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bombing_of_GuernicaBombing of Guernica - Wikipedia

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   Bombing of Guernica. On 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica ( Gernika in Basque) was aerially bombed during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of Francisco Franco 's rebel Nationalist faction by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe 's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name ...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Guernica_(Picasso)Guernica (Picasso) - Wikipedia

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   Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Guernica ( Spanish: [ɡeɾˈnika]; Basque: [ɡernika]) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. [1] [2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

3. smarthistory.org › picasso-guernicaSmarthistory – Pablo Picasso, Guernica

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   Dec 6, 2023 · Picasso’s painting is based on the events of April 27, 1937, when Hitler’s powerful German air force, acting in support of Franco, bombed the village of Guernica in northern Spain, a city of no strategic military value. It was history’s first aerial saturation bombing of a civilian population. It was a cold-blooded training mission ...

4. www.pablopicasso.org › guernicaGuernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso

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   Guernica was a commissioned painting. After the bombing of Guernica, Picasso was made aware of what had gone on in his country of origin. At the time, he was working on a mural for the Paris Exhibition to be held in the summer of 1937, commissioned by the Spanish Republican government. He deserted his original idea and on 1 May 1937, began on ...

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   May 13, 2017 · The Bombing of Guernica Overview: In April 1937, Oberstleutnant Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, commander of the Condor Legion, received orders to conduct raids in support of the Nationalist advance on Bilbao. Comprised of Luftwaffe personnel and aircraft, the Condor Legion had become a proving ground for German pilots and tactics.

6. www.historynet.com › guernicaGuernica - HistoryNet

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   Mar 16, 2018 · Today Guernica is housed in Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofia, where each day more than 10,000 souls take in its screaming, surrealist figures. All these decades after Spain’s soul-rending conflict it retains that amount of cachet. Stephen Roberts is a U.K.–based freelance writer and author.

7. gernikainfo.eus › enGernika Tourism: official website of the Gernika tourist office

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   Contact us. turismo@gernika-lumo.eus. (+34) 94 625 58 92. (+34) 646 347 553. Search in the Web. VISIT GUERNICA. Air raid shelters and the Tree of Guernica. what to see in gernika in a day. A city steeped in history.