Municipality of Benizalón (Almería Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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• Introduction
• Description

See also:

• Almería Province (Andalusia, Spain)
• Andalusia (Spain)
• Spain

The municipality of Benizalón (293 inhabitants in 2008; 3,200 ha) is located in the Sierra de los Filabres, 60 km north-east of Almería.

Most historical sources on Benizalón date from later than the Alpujarra Revolt and the expelling of the Moriscos. Benizalón, together with the villages of Alcudia de Monteagud, Tahal, Lucainena de las Torres and a few more located today in the Province of Granada, formed the "Estado de Tahalá," owned by Enrique Enríquez de Guzmán, subsequently transferred to the Marquis of Aguilafuente.

Ivan Sache, 17 Jul 2009

The flag and arms of Benizalón were approved by the Municipal Council on 26 April 2005 and submitted on 4 May 2005 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 18 May 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 106 on 2 June 2005.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Spanish shield: divided per fess: 1. Per pale; 1. Argent, 2. Gules, overall a wall gate countercoloured: the one gules, of Christian origin, surmounted by a cross of the same and the one argent, of Arab origin, with the cupola surmonting the tower partially ruined; 2. Azure a mount vert flanked sinister by a mullet or. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3 divided in two equal horizontal stripes. The upper stripe itself divided in two vertical stripes, red at fly and white at hoist. The lower stripe blue with a green triangle reaching the center of the flag. Overall, centered, the coat of arms of the municipality.

The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not apprended to the Decree.

Source: BOJA, No. 106, p. 37, 02 Jun 2005

Ivan Sache, 17 Jul 2009