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Municipality of Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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image by Ivan Sache, coat of arms from Sevillapedia (uncredited), 14 Jul 2009
N.B.: reconstructed image, no original seen

Introduction
Description
Coat of Arms

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Introduction

The municipality of Sanlúcar la Mayor (12,485 inhabitants in 2008; 13,541 ha) is located 18 km west of Seville.

Remains of a necropolis from the Age of Bronze excavated near Sanlúcar are shown in the Provincial Archeological Museum of Seville. The first significant, permanent settlement was set up by the Turdetani and named Arae Hesperi or Hesperia, after a temple dedicated to Hesperos, the personification of planet Venus in its evening appearance. The Roman colonists suppressed the Iberic settlement and built the new colony of Lucus Solis.

The Moors transformed the old settlement into a wealthy agricultural center. In the 11th century, the geographer Al-Idrisi described the place as "covered with olive and fig trees" and settled by "eight flourishing estates with several baths and beautiful buildings." The Moors revamped the network of fortresses built by the Romans to protect Seville; the fortress of Hisn Saluca, built in 1189, formed the nucleus of the new, fortified village, indeed a citadel that was surrounded by a wall defended by 46 square or octogonal towers and three main gates. After the reconquest of Seville on 23 November 1248, the Catholic Kings attacked the surrounding fortified towns; on 28 June 1252, the troops commanded by Fernán Gutierrez, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, entered Sanlúcar la Mayor. The next day, St. Peter's Day, a mass was celebrated in the mosque, shortly consecrated as a church. However, the mosque was not significantly transformed until severely damaged by an earthquake in 1359.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 14 Jul 2009

Description

The flag, arms, logotype and motto of Sanlúcar la Mayor were approved by the Municipal Council on 18 September 2006 and submitted on 29 September 2006 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 17 October 2006, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 210 on 30 October 2006.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Spanish shield. Azure, six wild olive trees vert per fess with the trunk sable; surmounted in chief by a sun radiant or; surrounded dexter and sinister by two columns argent with base, shaft and capital surrounded by a ribbon light azure barruly argent. A border or with the motto "Solúcar id est lucus solis" [Sanlúcar is a place of the sun] sable. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown open.

Flag: Rectangular flag in proportions 1/2, made of three equal horizontal stripes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the hoist (sic), the first celeste blue (Pantone 7457c), the second white and the third celeste blue (Pantone 7457c). In the middle and overall 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. 210, pp. 53-54, 30 Oct 2006

Ivan Sache, 14 Jul 2009

Coat of Arms

A small image of the coat of arms of Sanlúcar la Mayor is shown on the municipal website. This coat of arms (without the border) appears as an escutcheon on the coat of arms of the Province of Seville.

Ivan Sache, 14 Jul 2009