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• Continue uphill to the big church. At the road above the church, you can turn right and
walk a block and a half to find an underwhelming tile replica of
Picasso's
Guernica
(left-
hand side of the street). Or you can head left to find the next two attractions.
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Basque Country Museum (Euskal Herria Museoa)
This well-presented exhibit offers a good overview of Basque culture and history. Start in
the ground-floor theater (Room 4) and see the overview video (request English). Follow
the suggested route and climb chronologically up through Basque history, with the neces-
saryhelpofanincludedaudioguide.You'llfindexhibitsabouttraditionalBasquearchitec-
ture and landscape, lots of antique maps, and a region-by-region rundown of the Basque
Country'sseventerritories.OneinterestingmapshowsBasqueemigrationoverthecentur-
ies—including to the US. The top floor is the most engaging, highlighting Basque culture:
sports,dances,cuisine,mythsandlegends,music,andlanguage,plusawraparoundmovie
featuring images of a proud people living the Basque lifestyle.
The Bombing of Guernica
DuringtheSpanishCivilWar,Guernicawasthesiteofoneofhistory'smostreviled
wartime acts.
Monday, April 26, 1937, was market day, when the town was filled with farm-
ers and peasants from the countryside selling their wares. At about 16:40 in the
afternoon, a German warplane appeared ominously on the horizon, and proceeded
