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Guernica - Frontón Jai Alai
Guernica (, ), officially Gernika () in Basque, is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), 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 is 16,224 . On April 26, 1937, Guernica was bombing of Guernica, bombed by Nazi Germany's Condor Legion and Fascist Italy's Aviazione Legionaria, in one of the first strategic bombing, aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso's painting ''Guernica (Picasso), Guernica'', depicting his outrage at the attack. Location The village is situated in the region of Busturialdea, in the valley of the Oca River, Biscay, Oka river. The river ends in an estuary that gives its name to the village of Guernika. Its mouth is known as the Urdaibai estuary, Urdaibai's estuary's heart. Gernika borders on the following townships: * North: Forua, Kortezubi and Arratzu * East: Ajangiz * Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gernikako Arbola
''Gernikako Arbola'' ('the Tree of Gernika' in Basque) is an oak tree that symbolizes traditional freedoms for the Biscayan people, and by extension for the Basque people as a whole. It is located in Gernika, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The Lords of Biscay (including kings of Castile and Carlist pretenders to the throne) swore to respect the Biscayan liberties under it, and the modern Lehendakari of the Basque Country swears his charge there. Dynasty In the Middle Ages, representatives of the villages of Biscay would hold assemblies under local big trees. As time passed, the role of separate assemblies was superseded by the Guernica Assembly in 1512, and its oak would acquire a symbolic meaning, with actual assemblies being held in a purpose-built hermitage-house (the current building dates from 1833). It was the Spanish regent Maria Christina accompanied by her infant daughter Queen Isabella II the last Spanish monarch to swear an oath to the ''charters'' under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
