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The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo ( Spanish: Guernica y Luno ), whose population is 16,224 as of 2009 . On April 26, 1937, Guernica was bombed by Nazi Germany 's Condor Legion, in one of the first aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso 's painting Guernica, depicting ...
Guernica (“Gernika” in Basque and "Gernika-Lumo" officially) is known throughout the world due to the painting by Pablo Picasso that bears the same name. The painting shows the suffering and tragedy that Guernica endured on the 26 th of April 1937. On that day, German and Italian air forces bombed Guernica, destroying everything but a few ...
Oct 2020 • Friends. Gernika Lumo is probably the most important historical town in Basque Country, and it is located in Bizkaia Region. It was the historical main town in Bizkaia, where old kings swore the local laws under Gernika's tree. Also in the Spanish Civil War the city was bombing by the fascist army.
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Guernica. The town sits in the valley of the river Oka, which flows into the Gernika estuary. Very close by is the Urdaibai Nature Reserve, which UNESCO has declared to be a Biosphere Reserve. The cave of Santimamiñe (Kortezubi) shows that the valley has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Inside are cave paintings comparable in terms of ...
Gernika’s strategic location, alongside other factors, led the then Lord of Vizcaya, Count Don Tello, to grant Gernika the title of Villa or Town, thus separating it from the parish of Lumo, which in one fell swoop lost one of its most important enclaves and a large part of its territory. Gernika received its charter as a town in 1366.
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.
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Gernika’s museums. The Euskal Herria Museum. The Gernika Peace Museum. The Mural of Picasso’s Guernica. Air-raid shelters. The Gernika Market. Cesta punta in Gernika. The Park of the Peoples of Europe and sculptures. The Gothic Church of Santa Maria.
