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Municipality of Luque (Córdoba Province, Andalusia, Spain)

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms

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Introduction

The municipality of Luque (3,306 inhabitants in 2007; 14,076 ha) is located 75 km south-east of Córdoba.

The name of Luque comes either from Latin "lucus," a sacred wood, transformed to "Lukk / Lukkon" in Moorish times, and enventually Castilianized by dropping the final suffix "-o."

Already settled in the Neolithic, the hills of Luque harboured Iberic fortresses watching the road between Córdoba and Granada , which were subsequently transformed by the Romans in fortified villages. In 908-909, the chronicler Ibn Hayyan mentioned the fortress of Luque ("Hisn Lukk"), which still dominates the town. The local quarries were used to build mosque Aljama in Córdoba. Reconquested by Fernando III the Saint in February 1240-March 1241, the town remained mostly inhabited by Muslims until 1294. Shortly owned by Joanna of Ponthieu, Fernando III's wife, and Infant Juan, Luque was transferred to the Venegas, who kept it until the 19th century.

Source: Municipal website

Antón de Luque emigrated to America; in 1635, Governor Martín Ledesma de Balderrama offered him a piece of land, on which he built the town of Luque, on the model of his Andalusian hometown. Luque was the capital of the Republic of Paraguay in 1865-1870 after Asunción, located 15 km westwards, had been sacked by the Brazilians.

Source: Luque (Paraguay) municipal website

Ivan Sache, 09 Jul 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Luque were approved by the Municipal Council on 2 December 2005 and submitted on 31 January 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 9 February 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 36 on 22 February 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Gules rocks argent surmounted by a wall part or joined with a tower of the same, surmounted by an arm armed argent holding a flag of the same. A border or with eight bunches of three olives and two leaves each. A base azure. The shield surmounted by a Spanish Royal crown closed.

Flag: Rectangular panel in proportions 3:2 of length and hoist, respectively, purple; at hoist, a yellow wall part joined with a tower of the same colour, surmounted by a white amred arm and a flag of the same.

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. 36, pp. 60-61, 22 Feb 2006

Ivan Sache, 09 Jul 2009

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms can be seen on the municipal website.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 09 Jul 2009