Policarpa Salavarrieta
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 207 years ago |
Date of birth | January 26,1795 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Guaduas |
Colombia | |
Date of died | November 14,1817 |
Died | Bogota |
Colombia | |
Place of burial | San Agustin, Bogotá, Colombia |
Templo de San Agustin, Bogotá, Colombia | |
Siblings | María Ignacia Clara Salavarrieta |
José María de los Ángeles Salavarrieta | |
Parents | Joaquín Salavarrieta |
Mariana de Ríos | |
Job | Dressmaker |
Seamstress | |
Rest place | La Candelaria |
Colombia | |
Nationality | Colombian |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 449900 |
Policarpa Salavarrieta Life story
Policarpa Salavarrieta, also known as La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason.