Guernica

E11334

municipality town

Guernica is a town in northern Spain historically known for the devastating 1937 bombing during the Spanish Civil War and for inspiring Pablo Picasso’s famous anti-war painting of the same name.

Aliases (5)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
bombedBy	German Condor Legion → Italian Aviazione Legionaria →
conflict	Spanish Civil War →
country	Spain →
dateOfEvent	26 April 1937 →
governedBy	municipal council of Gernika-Lumo →
hasBasqueName	Gernika →
hasEconomySector	industry → services → tourism →
hasFestival	local Basque cultural festivals →
hasLandmark	Assembly House of Gernika → Tree of Guernica →
hasLanguage	Basque → Spanish →
hasMemorial	Peace Museum of Gernika → monuments commemorating 1937 bombing →
hasOfficialName	Gernika-Lumo →
hasPostalCode	48300 →
hasSymbol	Gernikako Arbola (Tree of Guernica) →
heritage	important site in Basque cultural history →
historicallyKnownFor	Spanish Civil War event → bombing of Guernica →
inspiredWork	painting "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso →
locatedIn	Basque Country → northern Spain →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Province of Biscay →
locatedOnRiver	Oka River →
nearProtectedArea	Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve →
partOf	Comarca of Busturialdea →
politicalSignificance	symbol of Basque liberties → traditional meeting place of the Biscayan parliament →
region	Biscay →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
transport	served by Euskotren Trena rail network →
twinnedWith	Bochum → Gernika, Argentina → Lunéville → Pforzheim → Rentería → Rivas-Vaciamadrid →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Disasters of War ("Pablo Picasso’s Guernica") → The Third of May 1808 ("Pablo Picasso’s Guernica") →	influenced
Bombing of Guernica → Spanish Civil War →	location
Gernika, Argentina → Peace Museum of Gernika ("Gernika") →	namedAfter
Massacre in Korea → The Weeping Woman →	relatedWork
Bombing of Guernica ("painting "Guernica"") →	associatedWork
Bombing of Guernica ("Pablo Picasso's "Guernica"") →	commemoratedBy
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) →	exhibitedWork
Guernica ("Gernika") →	hasBasqueName
reported by journalist George Steer →	hasLocation
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale →	hasTownTwinnedWith
Western canon of art →	includesWork
Guernica ("painting "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso") →	inspiredWork
Pablo Picasso →	notableWork
Reina Sofía Museum →	notableWorkInCollection
Pablo Picasso →	signatureWork