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Municipality of Alcolea del Rio (Seville Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
Description

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Introduction

The municipality of Alcolea del Rio (3,370 inhabitants in 2008; 5,002 ha) is located 50 km north-east of Seville.

An old Roman settlement, Alcolea was known in the Moorish times as Al- Koliah, "The Small Fortress"; the fortress was used by King Ferdinand III the Saint as an outpost during the reconquest of Seville. Once reconquered, the village was transferred to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.

Source: pieraedicions.com

Ivan Sache, 11 Jul 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Alcolea del Rio were approved by the Municipal Council on 29 March 2006 and submitted on 20 April 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 10 May 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 96 on 22 May 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Shield divided per fess.
1. Gules a tower or with three turrets masoned sable port and windows gules flanked by a Maltese Cross argent per fess.
2. Azure a fish argent swimming sinister, in chief fesses wavy of the same.
The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.

Flag: Rectangular flag in proportions 2/3, vertically divided 1:2, the stripe close to the hoist, red and covering 1/3 of the panel, the other stripe, white and covering 2/3, with the municipal coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe.

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. 96, p. 52, 22 May 2006

Ivan Sache, 11 Jul 2009