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Municipality of Las Cabezas de San Juan (Seville Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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image by Ivan Sache, coat of arms from municipal website, 28 Jun 2009
N.B.: reconstructed image, no original seen

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms
Submunicipal Entity of Marismillas

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Introduction

The municipality of Las Cabezas de San Juan (16,292 inhabitants in 2008; 22,970 ha) is located 60 km south of Seville. On 1 January 1820, General Rafael del Riego (1794-1821), one of the leaders of the Liberal insurrection against King Ferdinand VII, proclaimed at Las Cabezas de San Juan, where he was stationed with his revolted troops, the reestablishment of the 1812 Constitution.

Ivan Sache, 28 Jun 2009

Description

The amended flag and arms of Las Cabezas de San Juan were approved by the Municipal Council on 27 November 2008 and submitted on 9 February 2009 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 14 May 2009, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 104 on 2 June 2009.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Or a castle surmounted by two hands handcuffed and tied by a chain broken in the middle, the castle and the hands proper and the chain sable. A border gules with the writing in letters argent fimbriated sable: AYUNTAMIENTO CONSTITUCIONAL DE LAS CABEZAS DE SAN JUAN [Constitutional municipality of Las Cabezas de San Juan].

Flag: Rectangular flag, made of three stripes, the middle one being larger, with the following colours and dimensions, from top to bottom: upper stripe green (1/4; Pantone 356), middle stripe white (2/4) with the municipal shield in the middle, and lower stripe light blue (1/4).

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. 104, p. 55, 02 Jun 2009

Ivan Sache, 28 Jun 2009

Coat of Arms

The official description of the coat of arms seems to be incomplete; as shown on the municipal website, the coat of arms has the base of the shield azure with thin waves argent. Wikipedia shows the obsolete version of the coat of arms, which is useful to understand how the coat of arms was amended. The ancient shield has no red border, no waves in the blue base either. The design of the castle and the hands has been "modernized."

Ivan Sache, 28 Jun 2009

Submunicipal Entity of Marismillas

The "Entidad Local Áutonoma" (Submunicipal entity) of Marismillas, located 60 km south of Seville, is part of the municipality of Las Cabezas de San Juan.

The flag and arms of Marismillas were approved by the Local Council on 21 September 2006 and submitted on 3 October 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 11 October 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 208 on 26 October 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Divided per a cotice wavy argent. 1. Azure and 2. Vert. All over a dexter hand proper holding two wheat spikes or and a branch of cotton with three flowers argent slipped sable. The shield surmounted with a Spanish Royal crown closed.

Flag: Panel in proportions 3:2 (length per hoist), green, with a vertical stripe at hoist and an other in the middle, both blue outlined white and covering 1/3 of the length. In the upper angle of the hoist a hand proper holding three white cotton flowers with black stems and two golden spikes.

Source: BOJA No. 208, pp. 12-13, 26 Oct 2006

The coat of arms of Marismillas is shown on the blog of the Sports Division of the municipal administration.

Ivan Sache, 13 Sep 2009