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Casa de Juntas y Árbol de Gernika

Gernika-Lumo, Gernika-Bermeo, Bizkaia

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Casa de Juntas y Árbol de Gernika

Historical milestone · Gernika-Lumo, Gernika-Bermeo, Bizkaia

The present-day Casa de Juntas (Assembly House), in Neoclassical style, was built between 1826 and 1833 to a design by Antonio de Echevarría. Next to it stands the Tree of Gernika, an oak that symbolizes the Bizkaian foral liberties, under which the lordship's laws were sworn and promulgated until 1876, when the abolition of the fueros ended that legislative use. It remains the place where the lehendakari (President of the Basque Government) is sworn into office. Both the Casa de Juntas and the tree survived the 1937 bombing unscathed.

1826-1833 (construcción de la Casa de Juntas actual); 1876 (fin del uso legislativo del Árbol tras la abolición foral)

Photo: Roberto Chamoso G (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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