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Municipality of Cazalilla (Jaén Province, Andalusia, Spain)

image by Wikipedia Users: Johnbojaen and Mortadelo2005, 06 Jul 2009

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms

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Introduction

The municipality of Cazalilla (840 inhabitants in 2008; 4,663 ha) is located 30 km north-west of Jaén.

The oldest settlement in Cazalilla, excavated on the Cerro del Coronilla, dates back to the Copper Age. Remains of small Iberic and Roman settlements were also found, but the village seems to have increased only during the Wisigoth occupation. Ximena Jurado has described a writing engraved in a stone of the castle's tower, which presents Cazalilla as ruled by King Flavio Sisebuto; a big necropolis excavated near the Atalaya farm confirms this finding.

In the Moorish time, the village, named "Qastalla," formed one of the 16 districts ("iqlim") of the "cora" of Jaén. A funerary stele found in the village, bearing the name of Ben Mauro and dated 855, is among the oldest found in the Province of Jaén. The great poet Darray al- Qastalli is believed to be born in the fortress of Qastalla in 958.

After the Christian reconquest, Cazalilla was listed as a second-rank citadel. On 23 December 1471, Diego de Frías, Governor of the citadel, captured Fernando de Acuña on his way from Seville to Cazorla; the prisoner, who was the son of the Count of Buendía and the nephew of the Archbishop of Toledo, was brought to Jaén, where Constable Iranzo retained him as an hostage until granted the castle of Montizón. On 19 December 1564, King Philip II granted the title of "villa" to the village.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 06 Aug 2009

Description

In the Andalusian autonomous government website I found the official approval of the flag and arms of Cazalilla, dated 12th January 1999:

Escudo: En campo de azur una torre donjonada de plata, mazonada y aclarada de sable, superada de un sol radiante en oro de ocho puntas hermoseado de sable. Al timbre, corona real cerrada.
Bandera rectangular, de proporciones de 2 x 3, formada por cuatro franjas horizontales de idénticas proporciones, siendo la franja superior de color verde; la siguiente, amarilla oro; la siguiente, blanca y la última azul. Sobrepuesto y centrado en ella en proporción de 1/3 figurará el escudo del municipio.

My translation:

Arms: Azure a tower with turrets Argent, masoned Sable, gate and windows of the same, surmounted by a sun in its splendour. Crest: a (closed) royal crown.
Flag: ratio 2:3, horizontally striped green, golden yellow, white and blue. Centred the coat-of-arms with a height of 1/3 that of the flag.

Santiago Dotor, 23 November 2001

On 21 June 2004, the Municipal Council of Cazalilla asked the General Directorate of Local Administration to confirm the municipal flag, arms and seal previously approved by Decree 5/1999 on 12 January 1999, which was done by Decree of 12 July 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 143 on 22 July 2004.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Azure a donjon tower argent masoned and port and windows sable, surmounted by a radiating sun of eight rays embelished sable. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2x3, made of four identical horizontal stripes, the upper green, the next golden yellow, the next white and the last blue. Overall centered on the flag with proportions 1/3 is placed 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 appended to the Decree).

Source: BOJA, No. 143, pp. 16,325-16,326, 22 Jul 2004

Unsurprisingly, the wording is the same as in the 1999 Decree reported by Santiago Dotor on 23 November 2001.

Ivan Sache, 06 Aug 2009