miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2015

Gernika´s museum

Gernika´s museum

The Gernika´s museum is located in  Vizcaya in the Basque Country.



This museum has a lot of information about the bombing of Gernika in which die a lot of people.
I have chosen this museum:

  • Because of its history and information about the deeds that happened in Gernika. 



  • Because I think that few people of the class has visited the museum



  • And because I have gone and it´s amazing.


As I have said before, I´m going to speak about the bombing of Gernika.

In the museum there are galleries dedicated to igive us information about:

  • The bombing of Gernika
  • The Spanish civil war
  • The history of Gernika-Lumo











The bombing of Gernika (Operation Rügen) was an air strike on the Spanish population on April 26, 1936, during the Spanish Civil War by the Germans and Italian Aviation, who fought for of the rebels against the government of the Second Spanish Republic. Current estimates encrypt victims died in a range that spans 126 deaths.

Gernika, Basque cultural and historical capital, before the attack had a population of about 5000 people, which would add a large number of troops, retreating to prepare the defense of Bilbao, and refugees fleeing the advancing troops from Franco. At that time did not have any air defense, although it had three weapons factories, one of aviation bombs.
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H25224, Guernica, Ruinen.jpg

(Photograph of Gernika in the 1936)






In the museum it´s not permited to smoke, eat, and if  children want to enter in the museum, they´ll have to be with an adult.

The museum is close every monday except for some special days.
From tuesday to saturday is opened from 10:00 AM to 19:00 PM
and the sundays is open from 10:00 AM to 14:00 PM
The general price to enter is 5 but in special days that is free













(Painting of Gernika by Pablo Picasso)                                               There are some places dedicated to present the pictures about Gernika and its history




(Gallery with some pictures about Gernika)






I recommend the museum to everyone who like the history, it´s amazing.