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María Sagredo, defensora de Alozaina

Alozaina, Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga

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María Sagredo, defensora de Alozaina

Curiosity · Alozaina, Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga

On 7 July 1570, during a Morisco attack, a young woman named María Sagredo defended the village by throwing beehives from a tower. Philip II named her an ensign of the Spanish tercios and granted her lands in Jorox as a dowry.

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