Guernica · Spain

Árbol de Guernica (Tree of Guernica)

Tree of Guernica

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A sacred oak stump — where the Basque parliament met for centuries under a freedom tree

The Tree of Guernica is nothing but a stump, but this is where the Basque parliament met beneath the branches of a sacred oak tree from medieval times until 1876. Today the original oak is nothing but a stump, but the Tree of Guernica lives on in the form of a young oak tree — a symbol of Basque freedom and democracy that has become one of the most powerful emblems of the 20th century.