Izen honek leku garrantzitsu bat merezi du gure historian zehar. 1936ko urriaren 7an eratu zen Euskadiko lehen Jaurlaritza eta Jose Antonio Agirre izendatu zuten haren lehendakari. Gernikan gertatu zen. Baina 1937ko apirilaren 26an bonbak lehertu zituzten bertan... Picassoren koadro famatuak izen berdina du eta bidegabekeria mundura salatzeko jaio zen.

This name deserves an important place in our history. On 7 October 1936 the first Basque Government was constituted and Jose Antonio Agirre was named its first president. It happened in Gernika. But next year, on 26 April 1937, bombs exploded in the same village... The famous painting by Picasso has the same name and it was born to tell the world against this horrible crime.