Zaragoza heroines

We spent a week in Zaragoza, and on one of our walks we found the door of the church of El Portillo open.- we hadn't been in it before, so we went in. There were a couple of ladies there and one of them took us to see the heroines. At the beginning of the 19th century there were two terrible sieges where the people of Zaragoza resisted Napoleon's troops. Many of the streets are named after the heroes and heroines who are still remembered. 

It turned out that several of them were buried in the church, honoured and commemorated there.

This statue is one of the heroines, Agustina Zaragoza

Wikipedia says:Agustina Raimunda María Saragossa i Domènech, better known as Agustina of Aragón, was a Spanish woman who defended Spain during the Peninsular War, first as a civilian and later as a professional officer in the Spanish Army. 

Born: March 4, 1786, Reus

Died: May 29, 1857 (age 71 years), Ceuta

Battles/wars: Peninsular War: First Siege of Zaragoza; Second Siege of Zaragoza; Battle of Vitoria

Casta Álvarez Barceló was an Aragonese insurgent, who fought in the First siege of Zaragoza. This took place during the 1808 to 1814 Spanish War of Independence, or Guerra de la Independencia Española, part of the Peninsular War. Wikipedia

Born: 1786, Zaragoza

Died: April 29, 1846 (age 60 years), Cabañas de Ebro

Battles/wars: Peninsular War

Manuela Sancho y Bonafonte was an Aragonese revolutionary who participated in the defense of Zaragoza during the Peninsula War. Wikipedia

Born: June 16, 1784, Zaragoza

Died: April 7, 1863 (age 78 years), Zaragoza

The bones of the three women are in the casks. You can see that there is a wreath which has been laid recently.