-- once :es:Guerra de la Independencia Española is in decent shape, we should translate and link --> Girona was besieged by the French and defended by its inhabitants under the direction of general and military governor Mariano Álvarez de Castro.
On the accession of Joseph Bonaparte to the throne of Spain in 1808, Álvarez was commander of the castle of Montjuïc in Barcelona.
•
In December 1823 French troops, ironically invading Spain in order to restore the tottering throne of Ferdinand VII, passed through Figueres, and on the orders of Marshal Moncey, formerly Napoleon's Inspector-General of Police, destroyed the plaque.
Fidel Castro | Castro | Verónica Castro | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba | Charlie Mariano | Cristian Castro | Rob Mariano | Raúl Castro | Manuel Álvarez Bravo | Pedro Fernández de Castro | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo | Castro culture | Alvarez hypothesis | Walter Alvarez | Mariano Comense | Leonel Álvarez | Gualberto Castro | Al Alvarez | Adam-Troy Castro | Tony Castro (yacht designer) | Tony Castro | Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | Mariano del Friuli | Mariano Agate | Castro Alves | Walter C. Alvarez | The Castro, San Francisco | Roland Castro | Pedro Mariano | Mario Roberto Álvarez |