Juliana Larena y Fenollé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish wartime nurse
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Place of Birth: Ejea de los Caballeros, Aragon, Spain
About Juliana Larena y Fenollé
- Juliana Josefa Benita Larena Fenollé (16 February 1790, Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain – 1835, Zaragoza, Spain) was a nurse and hero of the Sieges of Zaragoza during the Peninsular War.Larena moved to Zaragoza, Spain at a young age, and was 18 years old when General Lefebvre initiated the French army's first siege on the city in 1808.
- During the first siege, she worked as a nurse, tending to the wounded on the front line.
- During the second siege a year later, Larena helped to defend the stronghold located at Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, one of the most dangerous areas during the siege.On 30 September 1808, General Palafox awarded her the Shield of Distinction (Spanish: el Escudo de Distinción) for her bravery and provided her a pension, which King Ferdinand VII confirmed on 25 October 1814.Larena died of cholera in 1835, in Zaragoza. On the centenary of the first siege, a street in Zaragoza was renamed Calle Juliana Larena in her honor.
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