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3 unusual facts about Mariano Álvarez de Castro


History of Catalonia

-- 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.

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.



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