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The municipality of Carataunas (197 inhabitants in 2008; 468 ha) is located in the Alpujarra mountains, 60 km south-east of Granada.
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
The flag and arms of Carataunas were approved by the Municipal Council on 28 June 2006 and submitted on 28 July 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 28 August 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 175 on 8 September 2006.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Coat of arms: Shield mantelé curvy. Quarterly per cross. 1. Argent a mulberry-tree vert. 2. Vert a Sierra Nevada of the same behind the parish church* argent, standing on four waves azure. A mantel gules a pomegranate proper faceted gules with thirteen bezants. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.Flag: Rectangular flag in proportions 2:3, made of three vertical* stripes, the upper red, the lower green and the middle white. Allover, centered, the municipal coat of arms.
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. 42, pp. 43-44, 08 Sep 2006
*The parish church of Our Lady of Peace, built in 1580, keeps several old paintings, for instance a portray of the Immaculate Conception attributed to the workshop of Alonso Cano (1601-1667, a Granada-born painter, sculptor and architect from the Spanish Gilded Age).
*This must be erroneous and should probably be read "horizontal."
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
The coat of arms of Carataunas is shown on Granadapedia, contributed by "Gggb," after "Centro Guadalinfo."
Source: http://wikanda.granadapedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Carataunas.jpg
Ivan Sache, 10 Jul 2009
