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I can not take credit for these posts. The full credit belongs to Марина Авраменко whom I have been following on another page but do not feel posting the link to her page would be the right thing to do. But hey please enjoy her posts as much as I do.
*She is fully aware I am sharing these.
"Monuments and sculptures dedicated to sex workers."
There are not so few of them.
They will be shared one at a time.
Spain. Valdepenas. La Galana.
La Galana (Spanish Graceful) or Juana Maria Galan y Heredia is the national heroine of Spain, the Spanish partisan during the Pyrenees wars, the national heroine of Spain. The feats of Galana personify the courage and nationwide character of the struggle of the Spanish people against the French invaders in 1808-1814.
In June 1808, Juana Galán became a member of the Defense Junta and, due to a shortage of men, called on women to fight the French. When on June 6, 1808, a French column tried to pass through the city, it encountered fierce resistance from the residents. The townspeople poured boiling water and oil from the windows, and Juana herself, armed with a club (according to another version, a cast-iron stewpan), fought hand-to-hand at the door of her hotel. Unable to capture Valdepeñas, the French left the entire province of La Mancha and did not make time for the battle of Baylen, which ended in the surrender of General Dupont's II Observation Corps of the Gironde. Subsequently, the city of Valdepeñas, which was defended by La Galana, was awarded the title of "Heroic".
Juana Maria Galan y Heredia was born in 1787 in Valdepeñas in southern La Mancha. A number of later sources say that the girl was born into the family of the owner of the hotel, although in reality it was an inn with a tavern, which enjoyed the reputation of a brothel and brothel, on the Madrid-Sevilla-Cadiz highway.
It is noteworthy that during her lifetime the girl was known under the nickname Puta (Spanish whore), but in the process of posthumous heroization it was replaced by the euphemism Galan (Spanish graceful, sexually attractive or gallant), which became the name of the heroine. Later the name was shortened to "La Galana".
Juana Galán, from her teens, worked there as a "pleasure girl", that is, a prostitute. Other researchers claim that due to her incredible physical strength, she worked as a bouncer at this drinking establishment. Galana's past finds indirect confirmation in the fact that at the time of the feat and after, in the third decade, which was older than the then marriageable age, she was not married, and patriotic writers reduced it to a minimum of 21 years and, at the same time, in describing the feat to “ critical "20 years). In addition, before the battle, the rest of the women were hidden in the cellars and basements, but she is not, that is, being in the same room with Juana compromised.
*She is fully aware I am sharing these.
"Monuments and sculptures dedicated to sex workers."
There are not so few of them.
They will be shared one at a time.
Spain. Valdepenas. La Galana.
La Galana (Spanish Graceful) or Juana Maria Galan y Heredia is the national heroine of Spain, the Spanish partisan during the Pyrenees wars, the national heroine of Spain. The feats of Galana personify the courage and nationwide character of the struggle of the Spanish people against the French invaders in 1808-1814.
In June 1808, Juana Galán became a member of the Defense Junta and, due to a shortage of men, called on women to fight the French. When on June 6, 1808, a French column tried to pass through the city, it encountered fierce resistance from the residents. The townspeople poured boiling water and oil from the windows, and Juana herself, armed with a club (according to another version, a cast-iron stewpan), fought hand-to-hand at the door of her hotel. Unable to capture Valdepeñas, the French left the entire province of La Mancha and did not make time for the battle of Baylen, which ended in the surrender of General Dupont's II Observation Corps of the Gironde. Subsequently, the city of Valdepeñas, which was defended by La Galana, was awarded the title of "Heroic".
Juana Maria Galan y Heredia was born in 1787 in Valdepeñas in southern La Mancha. A number of later sources say that the girl was born into the family of the owner of the hotel, although in reality it was an inn with a tavern, which enjoyed the reputation of a brothel and brothel, on the Madrid-Sevilla-Cadiz highway.
It is noteworthy that during her lifetime the girl was known under the nickname Puta (Spanish whore), but in the process of posthumous heroization it was replaced by the euphemism Galan (Spanish graceful, sexually attractive or gallant), which became the name of the heroine. Later the name was shortened to "La Galana".
Juana Galán, from her teens, worked there as a "pleasure girl", that is, a prostitute. Other researchers claim that due to her incredible physical strength, she worked as a bouncer at this drinking establishment. Galana's past finds indirect confirmation in the fact that at the time of the feat and after, in the third decade, which was older than the then marriageable age, she was not married, and patriotic writers reduced it to a minimum of 21 years and, at the same time, in describing the feat to “ critical "20 years). In addition, before the battle, the rest of the women were hidden in the cellars and basements, but she is not, that is, being in the same room with Juana compromised.