"Guernica (UK: /ɡɜːrˈniːkə, ˈɡɜːrnɪkə/, Spanish pronunciation: [ɡeɾˈnika]), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (pronounced [ɡernika]), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community ...
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of the Basque Country, Spain. 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[update].
Gernika is best known -- among those residing outside the Basque region -- both as the scene of the April 26, 1937 bombing of Guernica, one of the first aerial bombings (by Nazi Germany´s Luftwaffe), and as the inspiration for Pablo Picasso´s painting Guernica, depicting the effects of that outrage." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.09.2020)
- Latitude43.316944122314
- Longitude-2.6766667366028
- Population16244