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==In popular culture== * The 82 prints of Goya, called [[the Disasters of War]], visualize the efforts and horror of the reality of the Spanish people's war as part of the Peninsular War.{{sfn|Goya|1967}} * On 29 July 1836 the [[Arc de Triomphe]] was inaugurated in Paris with the French victories of the Peninsular War inscribed on it. * A sculpture was erected for [[Juana Galán]] (1787–1812), nicknamed '''La Galana''', who became a guerrilla fighter, when she smashed her [[cast-iron cookware|cast-iron stew pan]] in the heads of the French soldiers during the [[Battle of Valdepeñas]]. * The painting ''[[The Defence of Saragossa]]'' was created by [[David Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]] because, with the French troops only a few yards away, [[Agustina de Aragón]] loaded a cannon at the [[first siege of Zaragoza]], and lit the fuse, shredding a wave of attackers at point-blank range. <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> File:View from Casa da Música (3897790329) (cropped).jpg|The [[:pt:Monumento aos Heróis da Guerra Peninsular (Porto)|Monument to the Heroes of the Peninsular War]] in [[Porto]] File:Goya War2.jpg|''[[The Disasters of War]]'' by [[Francisco Goya]], 1810–1820 File:Arc de Triomphe mg 6835.jpg|Despite losing the war at a heavy price, French battle victories of the Peninsular War were inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe Image:Estatua La Galana.jpg|Statue of Juana Galán in [[Valdepeñas]], by sculptor Francisco Javier Galán File:La defensa de Zaragoza, por David Wilkie.jpg|''[[The Defence of Saragossa]]'' by [[David Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]], 1828. [[Agustina de Aragón|Agustina, maid of Aragón]], fires a gun on the French invaders </gallery>
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