The buildings adjacent to the Gernika Meeting House will thus become a ‘space linked to memory’.
The Basque government has reached an agreement with the Church of Bizkaia on the purchase of the Poor Clare Monastery, the church and subsequent lands to give new impetus to the Peace Museum.
Acting Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, announced this Friday the agreement reached by the Basque executive to “protect an important place for our history”. “We believe that the best way to enhance the dignity and attractiveness of the Peace Museum is to move it to this environment with necessary reforms, adjustments and investments,” he said.
On the day commemorating the 87th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika, Urkullu visited the Monastery of Santa Clara, where he remembered the pain suffered by the victims who experienced this tragedy. He did this in a place ‘full of history and meaning’, as it is one of the few that, together with the old schools, the boulevard, the Andra Mari parish and the Casa de Juntas, remained standing after the bombing.
As explained, the Basque government has reached an agreement with the Church of Bizkaia on the purchase of the Poor Clare Monastery, the church and the land behind it. This, as explained, is a contribution of the Basque government to the strategy of the various Basque institutions to strengthen the Urdaibai and Busturialdea area.
Finally, Iñigo Urkullu pointed out that the fact that all of Gernika has been declared a memory zone could be an opportunity to form a network with other cities that have also fallen victim to indiscriminate bombings around the world.
Source: EITB
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