Guernica

Also known as city of Guernica, Gernika

upright=1.0|thumb|Tiled wall in Guernica, the inscription below, written in Basque, expresses the desire to have the Guernica (Picasso)|Picasso painting of the same name transferred to the city (it is currently exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía).

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"Guernica" is a famous painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The work has become an important symbol of the suffering caused by war, and the people of Guernica have expressed a desire to have the painting returned to their city, where it is currently on display at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Guernica
Settlement.official_name: Gernika-Lumo
Settlement.native_name: Gernika
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Basque
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: Gernika-Lumo
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Arbol de Gernika día.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Oak of Gernika (Gernikako Arbola)
Settlement.image_flag: Gernika-Lumo flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Guernica.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Basque Country#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Guernica within the Basque Country##Location of Guernica within Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Biscay
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Eskualdea / Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Busturialdea

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Location
History
1366–1936
Civil War: 1937 bombing
In art
21st century
Cultural importance
Symbol for peace
Market day
Sports
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
See also
References
External links

Guernica (, ), officially Gernika () in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo (), whose population was 17,033 .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guernica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.