SPAIN-FRANCE-HISTORY-INDEPENDENCE-RONDA ROMANTICA

Actors perform during the reenactment of a battle of the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814) against France, in Ronda, southern Spain, on May 17, 2015. "Ronda Romantica" is a three-day cultural, historical and tourist event during which thousands of people from Ronda and other towns from the surrounding Serrania de Ronda (Ronda Mountain Range), dress in traditional costumes to recreate the era of the bandits, drovers and romantic travellers of the nineteenth century. The Spanish Independence War started in 1808 with the invasion by French Napoleonic troops and lasted until 1814, when the French were defeated and expelled from the country. AFP PHOTO / JORGE GUERRERO (Photo credit should read Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images)