Municipality of Los Realejos (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spai

Excelentísimo Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Los Realejos

Last modified: 2009-11-21 by eugene ipavec
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Apr 2007

• Description
• Standard
• Coat of Arms

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• Canary Islands (Spain)
• Spain

The flag of the Municipality of Los Realejos, Islas Canarias, Spain, is presented here.

Valentin Poposki, 16 Jun 2006

The flag of Los Realejos is a light blue (FIAV-code B--) over white horizontal bicolour. In its centre in a beige mantling is the coat of arms. I spotted this flag on 31 January 2007 in front of the townhall of the municipality.

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007

image by José Manuel Erbez, 01 Apr 2008

The standard of the municipality of Los Realejos is is a brownish red, square flag with a yellow square and the coat of arms in its centre.

Source: Banderas de Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Apr 2008

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2007

Shield divided per pale; on the right side, in a golden (yellow) field, the Cross of St. Jakob. Under its sharp point are two crossed flags, the right one a purple flag of Castille (if the image would be bigger, you could see the coat of arms of Castille and Leon in its centre) stuck on a lance; the left one a green Guanche flag (añepa) made of green palm fibres. On the left side in a red field are three towers with pinnacles in a triangular formation with a key topping the lower castle. The key is connected with chains to both upper castles. All of those parts are golden (yellow). The shield is topped by a coronet.

The right half is the old shield of the municipality of Realejo Alto, the left one that of Realejo Bajo. When both municipalities merged, also the shields were connected. The current shield was licensed by the Spanish government on 6 March 1959.

Source: Construction sheet for children, from the municipality

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Apr 2007

• The right half is the coat of arms of former municipality of Realejo Alto: flags and lances symbolize the treaty of peace, signed here on the day of St. Jacob, symbolized by the cross above.
• The left half is the coat of arms of former Realejo Bajo: the towers are supposed to be fortresses, having existed in this territory, but no one knows exactly.

Source: Simbolos De Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2008