Guernica

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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/17222

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"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 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)
Latitude
43.316944122314
Longitude
-2.6766667366028
Inhabitants
16,244

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