Last modified: 2009-06-06 by eugene ipavec
Keywords: vall de gallinera | alicante province | valencian community | stripes: 9 (yellow-red) | quatre barres | engrailed fly | bezants: 8 (red) | coat of arms | crescent (silver) | lozenge | castle (white) | bull (red) | cross: gre |
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![[Municipality of Vall de Gallinera (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)]](../images/e/es-a-vdg.gif)
image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009
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In the province of Alicante, there are several municipalities that have the Aragonese colours (yellow flag with four red stripes) with the municipal CoA in the center. Vall de Gallinera (La Vall de Gallinera, 53,60 km² and 671 hab., 2008) is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Alta in the Valencian Community. It is formed by the towns of Benirrama, Benialí, Benissivá, Benitaia, Carroja, Alpatró, Llombai and Benissili. All these towns constitute a single municipality, named Vall de Gallinera, with the City Council in Benialí.
Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009
Aprobación
"Resolución de 28 de noviembre de 1991, del conseller de Administración Pública (DOGV núm. 1.732, de 26 de febrero de 1992 - BOE núm. 97, de 22 de abril de 1992)."
Descripción
"Bandera abocelada de proporciones 2/3, con la siguiente disposición: En campo de oro, cuatro palos de gules; en el centro del campo el escudo municipal, que ocupará proporcionalmente los dos palos de gules centrales, y cargadas las dos fajas de oro que flanquean la central con ocho rodelas de gules, cuatro en cada una."
Adoption
"Resolution of 28 November 1991, by the Minister of Public Administration (DOGV no. 1732 of February 26, 1992 - BOE no. 97, April 22, 1992)."
Description
Engrailed-fly flag proportioned 2:3, with the following arrangement: in a field or, four bars gules; in the center of the field the municipal coat of arms, occupying proportionally the two central gules bars, and the two bars or flanking the central one charged with eight red roundels, four each."
Source: "Escuts y Banderes del Municipis de la Comunitat Valenciana 2003" [gva03]
Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009, translated by Eugene Ipavec
![[Municipality of Vall de Gallinera (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)]](../images/e/es-a-vdx.gif)
image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009
Josep Tormo and Adolfo Durán had reported in "Banderas 50" the existence of a previous flag, described thus:
"Since 1986 this municipality has been using a green flag with a central yellow oval charged, in turn, with an irregular [i.e. non-square] Aragonese lozenge and bordered with eight red roundels, in two groups of four, one above and one below. In fact, the design dates from 1978, but the process of formalization was slow, not receiving a favorable response from the Royal Academy of History until the session held on November 2, 1990."
Source: Banderas (Bóletin de Sociedad Española de Vexilologia) nº 50, Mar 1994, SEV [bcj94]
Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009, translated by Eugene Ipavec
![[Municipality of Vall de Gallinera (Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain)]](../images/e/es-a)vdg.gif)
image by Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009
Aprobación
"Orden de 11 de marzo de 1986, de la Conselleria de Administración Pública (DOGV núm. 369, de 28 de abril de 1986 - BOE núm. 114, de 13 de mayo de 1986)."
Descripción
"Escudo partido: 1º. de gules, un castillo de plata, terrazado del mismo, arriba un menguante de plata, sumado de una cruz latina de oro; 2º. de oro, un toro pasante de gules, terrazado de sinople. Al timbre, corona real cerrada"
Fundamentos
"El castillo en representación del histórico castillo de Gallinera; y las armas de los Borja, duques de Gandia, antiguos señores de la Vall."
Adoption
"Decree of March 11, 1986, by the Ministry of Public Administration (DOGV no. 369 of April 28, 1986 - BOE no. 114, May 13, 1986)."
Description
"Shield divided per pale: 1. gules, a castle argent, on a ground of the same, above a waning moon argent below a Latin cross or [actually Greek], 2. or a bull passant gules on a ground sinople. Surmounted by closed royal crown."
Derivation
"The castle is a representation of the historic Castle of Gallinera; the arms are of the Borja, Dukes of Gandia, former lords of the valley."
Source: "Escuts y Banderes del Municipis de la Comunitat Valenciana 2003" [gva03]
Jose Antonio Jimenez Ruiz, 03 Jun 2009, translated by Eugene Ipavec