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The municipality of Cillórigo de Liébana is located in Cantabria, 114 km from Santander. The area of the municipality is 104 km², its population 1,166. The capital city of the municipality is the village of Tama, altitude 259 m.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 07 Jun 2003
The flag and arms of the municipality of Cillórigo de Liébana were adopted on 2 February 1996. The official adoption decree was published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria (Boletin Oficial de Cantabria).
The flag is vertically divided red-white-green. Red recalls the coat of arms; white stands for the snow which covers the Picos de Europa (2,648 m) most of the year; and green stands for the landscape of the municipality. The webpage does not explicitely state that the municipal coat of arms should be placed on the white stripe, as shown on our website.
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 07 Jun 2003
![[Cillórigo de Liébana coat-of-arms (Cantabria, Spain)]](../images/e/es-s)cll.gif)
image by Eduardo Panizo, exported to GIF by Santiago Dotor
The flag and arms of the municipality of Cillórigo de Liébana were adopted on 2 February 1996. The official adoption decree was published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria (Boletin Oficial de Cantabria).
The coat of arms is: "per fess, silver a fleur-de-lys azure, gules a spur or." A Spanish Royal crown is placed over the shield.
The fleur-de-lys represents the St. Mary's (Santa Maria) church in Lebena, a village part of the municipality of Cillorigo de Liebana. This church was founded in 925 by Count Alfonso and is the most important jewel of Mozarabic architecture in Cantabria. The Mozarabic art is the Spanish Christian art which developed in the Xth and XIth century in the northern regions of Spain which had remained independent, but incorporated Islamic art elements.
The spur represents the Cavalry Academy which was founded in the village of Colio, part of the municipality of Cillórigo de Liébana, by General Diaz Porlier during the Independence War against France (1808-1814). The Cavalry Academy was the base of the Seventh Division, later the Cantabrian Army. Until recently, people from Colio celebrated the Cavalry Academy by wearing shoes with spurs during local festivals ("fiestas"), and were nicknamed "espolistas."
Source: Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 07 Jun 2003