I know there is a lot more issues going on, but this photo today just broke my heart.
Here is the explanation to it:
It also survived Hitler and Franco's savage bombing of the city, in which almost 2,000 Basques lost their lives.
Here is the explanation to it:
Tree surgeons cut the main trunk of the Oak of Gernika, the symbol of Basque liberties and rights which died last May, in the Basque town of Gernika, August 2 2004. The 146 year-old tree, seriously weakened by the fungus Armillaria Mellea, is thought to have finally been killed by last summer's record temperatures. A replacement, grown from a sapling of the tree, will be planted early next year. Successive Spanish monarchs have traditionally sworn to guarantee ancient Basque laws next to the tree.
It also survived Hitler and Franco's savage bombing of the city, in which almost 2,000 Basques lost their lives.
Oak of Gernika
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