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Authorities in the Spanish city of Guernica are mourning the death of a 146-year-old oak tree seen as a symbol of Basque nationalist pride.
The tree, which stands in front of the local council building, survived the infamous 1937 bombing of the city during the Spanish Civil War.
But the fierce heat of last summer finally finished it off.
The tree was the third “Guernica oak”, continuing a tradition that stretches back to medieval times.