Casta Álvarez

**Casta Álvarez Barceló** (1786 &#x2013; 29 Afrilu 1846) 'yar tawayen Aragonese ce, wacce ta yi yaƙi a yaƙin farko na Zaragoza . Wannan ya faru ne a lokacin Yaƙin 'Yancin Kai na Spain daga 1808 zuwa 1814, ko Guerra de la Independencia Española, wani ɓangare na Yaƙin Peninsular . An san ta da ƙarfafa wa masu kare birnin gwiwa ta hanyar kayar da rundunar sojojin Faransa da ke ci gaba. Labarinta ya shahara a cikin jerin zane-zane masu taken  (Ruins of Zaragoza) an buga shi a shekarar 1812 da 1813. Saboda ayyukanta, ta sami fansho daga Ferdinand VII na Spain, kuma a lokacin cika shekaru 100 na kewaye, an sake binne gawarta da girmamawa.

## Tarihin rayuwa

An haifi Álvarez Barceló ne daga asalin ƙasƙanci a shekara ta 1786, 'yar Manuela Barlo da Manuela Bar lo, duka 'yan asalin Figueruelas. Wataƙila ta kasance 'yar asalin Zaragoza, ko kuma an haife ta a Orán a Aljeriya kuma ta koma garin daga baya a rayuwa. [bayanin kula 1] Koyaya, a shekara ta 1808 ta kasance mazaunin garin. Bayan tashin hankali na Dos de Mayo a Madrid, Napoleon ya tura sojojin Faransa da Poland a karkashin Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes don kawo karshen tashin hankali. A ranar 15 ga Yuni 1808, Lefebvre-Desnouettes ya isa Zaragoza a shirye don kai hari kan birnin.

Harin da aka kai wa birnin ya kasance mai tsanani, kasancewar haɗuwa da yaƙi na hannu da hannu a kan tituna da kuma kewaye don kashe 'yan ƙasa da yunwa, wanda ya haifar da mummunar mutuwar mutane daga cututtuka da kuma rikici kanta. Masu karewa, karkashin jagorancin José de Palafox da Melci, ba su da horo idan aka kwatanta da sojojin Faransa da Poland kuma sun yi yaƙi mai tsanani. Álvarez Barceló ya taimaka wajen shirya kayayyaki da makamai ga 'yan ƙasa da masu karewa.

Baya ga wannan muhimmiyar aiki, yayin da take aiki a kusa da Puerta del Carmen, ta sami kanta cikin mummunar haɗari. Ba zato ba tsammani an kewaye ta da sojan doki na Faransa, maimakon gudu, sai ta ɗauki bindiga da aka watsar kuma ta fara harbi.[1] Faransanci, sun yi mamakin tsananin wannan manomi na Mutanen Espanya da kwarewarta da makamin, sun koma baya.[1] Ayyukanta sun yi wahayi zuwa ga dakarun karewa kuma an kori sojojin Faransa.[1] Daga baya ta kuma shiga cikin kewaye na biyu na Zaragoza kuma sake halinta, da kuma kwarewarta ta soja, ta yi wa mutanen Zaragoza wahayi, waɗanda suka ɗauke ta jarumi.[1] [Littafi na 2][1]

Da zarar sojojin Faransa sun mamaye birnin, sai ta koma tare da iyayenta zuwa Cabañas de Ebro . Bayan rikici, ta auri wani manomi mai arziki a 1814 kuma ta rayu sauran rayuwarta a cikin duhu, ta mutu gwauruwa tana da shekaru 60 a ranar 29 ga Afrilu 1846.  Don nuna godiya ga aikinta, an ba Álvarez Barceló  (Shield of Distinction) da  (Shield na Mai Tsaro na Ƙasar), tare da fansho daga Ferdinand VII na Spain da aka ba shi a ranar 30 ga Mayu 1815. 

## Kyauta
Duk da gaskiyar cewa an ci Mutanen Espanya a Zaragoza, Álvarez Barceló, tare da wasu jarumai na rikici kamar Agustina de Aragón, sun zama muhimmiyar gunkin kasa. Wahayi daga waɗannan mayakan mata ana iya gani a cikin aikin Francisco Goya The Disasters of War .  An ba da labarinta a cikin rahotanni na ranar wanda ya bazu a duk faɗin nahiyar Turai, musamman masu karfafa gwiwar masu karatu na Burtaniya na zamani. Hotonta ya shahara a cikin jerin zane-zane da Juan Gálvez da Fernando Brambila suka yi mai taken  (Ruins of Zaragoza) wanda aka buga a Cádiz a cikin 1812 da 1813.  An kuma nuna hoton da Marcelino na Unceta ya yi daga 1875 a Zaragoza. A cikin 1908, a bikin cika shekaru dari na kewaye, an sake binne jikinta don girmamawa a cikin Chapel na Anunciación del Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Portillo kuma an sanya wa hanya suna bayan ta.

## Dubi kuma

* Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno
* Juana Galán
* María Mayor Fernández de Cámara da Pita

## Manazarta