Guernica
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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 of the municipality of Gernika-L
The Oak of Gernika (Gernikako Arbola)
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).
An aerial view looking south.
Santa María Church
Guernica (Picasso)
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Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. It
Guernica
…Germany's Condor Legion and Fascist Italy's Aviazione Legionaria, in one of the first aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica, depicting his outrage at the attack. The village is situated in the region of Busturialdea, in the valley of the Oka River. The river ends in an estuary…
Picasso Guernica
Guernica in ruins, 1937
Damage sustained during the air attack
Guernica at the 1937 exhibition, with sculptor Alexander Calder and his Mercury Fountain