What to see in Municipality Gernika-Lumo

Municipality Gernika-Lumo is an administrative unit in Province Biscay.

Museum of Peace

Museum of Peace
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Type: Museum
Location: municipality Gernika-Lumo »
Latitude: 43.31513190
Longtitude: -2.67866850
Museum of Peace (Muzeo De La Paz) in Gernika explores the concept of peace as well as chronicling the bombing of Gernika during the Spanish Civil War. On 26 April 1937 the request of General Franco, German and Italian planes dropped bombs on Gernika resulting in nearly 1700 deaths.

The museum was founded on 7th April 1998 by the the Town Hall in a building designed by Manuel Smith and previously been used by the Courts, the post office and Telegraph service.

Address of Peace museum: Plaza de Foru, Gernika 48300, Spain 

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