Municipality of Arafo (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)

Last modified: 2009-01-24 by eugene ipavec
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• Coat of Arms

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• Tenerife Island (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Canary Islands (Spain)
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• Flags of Tenerife by José Manuel Erbez

The municipality of Arafo has not officially adopted a flag, but at leat three different designs are used unoficcially. J.M. Erbez has reconfirmed that he spotted two different flags at the municipality's town hall.

Flag # 1

image by José Manuel Erbez, 05 Apr 2008

Seen in the Military Museum of Sta. Cruz d. T. on 30 January 2007, it is a white flag with the coat of arms in its centre.

Flag # 2

image by José Manuel Erbez, 05 Apr 2008

Seen by José Manuel Erbez a few years ago at the Arafo town hall, it is a purple flag with the coat of arms in its centre.

Flag # 3

image by José Manuel Erbez, 05 Apr 2008

Seen by José Manuel Erbez recently at the Arafo town hall, it is a very dark red flag with the coat of arms in its centre, with a garland and lyre added beneath the shield. The garland and the lyre obviously must have been added within the last years, or at least must not have been used previously.

Source: Simbolos De Canarias website and Banderas De Canarias website, both by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 05 Apr 2008

The shield is divided per fess. The chief shows a flaming red heart upon a golden crozier, which lies on a closed blue book. The heart is pierced by a golden arrow, all in a golden (yellow) field. The base is simply a red field divided by a broad silver (white) bend. The shield has a green border with the golden inscription "AÑAVINGO" on its top and a golden cluster wine grapes on left and right sides. The shield is topped by a coronet.

Source: based on own photo shot in Military Museum of Sta.Cruz d.T. on 30 January 2007

• The charge in the upper half is the coat of arms of the Ordo Sancti Augustini, the monastic order of St. Augustine, which had a convent within the boundaries of the municipality.
• The charge in the lower half is the coat of arms of the Núñez family, the founders of the municipality.
• The grapes symbolize viticulture on the soil of Arafo. Añavingo is the name of a gorge supplying the inhabitants with water.
• The lyre is an alusion to the musical traditions of the village.

Sources and Credits; Simbolos De Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2007 and 21 Mar 2008