Guernica (town)

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 y Luno
City
Gernika-Lumo
Flag of Guernica
Coat of arms of Guernica
Coordinates: 43°19′N 02°40′W / 43.317°N 2.667°W / 43.317; -2.667
Country Spain
Autonomous communityFlag of the Basque Country.svg Basque Country
ProvinceBiscay
Eskualdea / ComarcaBusturialdea

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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