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Guernica (town) facts for kids

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Gernika-Lumo flag
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Escudo de Gernika Lumo
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Guernica (pronounce: "GHER-nee-kah") is a town in Spain. It is in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. The town of Guernica belongs to the same municipality as the near town of Luno ("Lumo" in Basque), Gernika-Lumo. The population of the whole municipality is 15,571 (2004).

Guernica is known internationally because it was bombed by the Nazis in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Pablo Picasso painted a huge anti-war painting called Guernica which is world-famous.

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  • GuernicaGernikara

    Tiled wall in Guernica, the inscription below, written in Basque, expresses the desire to have the Picasso painting of the same name transferred to the city (it is currently exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía).

  • Tríptico iglesia andra mari

    Santa María Church

  • Arbol viejo noche

    The tree of Guernica

  • Cestapuntista suelo

    A cesta-punta player

  • Puestos del último lunes

    Guernica marketplace

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Guernica y Luno para niños

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