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

formerly Vilaflor de Chasna

Last modified: 2009-01-24 by eugene ipavec
Keywords: vilaflor de chasna | tenerife | coat of arms | crown | tree (proper) | crossed keys: 2 (crossed) | mitre (golden) | keys: 2 (golden) | border (white) | grape (purple) | landscape (proper) | beanie | ribbon (green) |
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2007

• Description
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Tenerife Island (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Canary Islands (Spain)
• Spain

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• Flags of Tenerife by José Manuel Erbez

Vilaflor's flag is horizontally 5-striped with alternating green and white stripes beginning with a green one and the coat of arms in its centre. I spotted this flag on 30 January in Military Museum in Sta. Cruz d. T.

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Apr 2007

Flag adopted in 1993.

Source: El Día, 03 Aug 2008

Ivan Sache, 07 Aug 2008

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 08 May 2007

Description of coat of arms: quarterly divided shield. The first quarter shows two crossed keys with their beards pointing upside topped by some kind of mitre, all objects are golden (yellow) within a red field. The second quarter has a white border. Inside you can see a landscape with a mountain, bushes and a fountain under a light blue sky. In the third quarter is a green pine tree in a golden (yellow) field. In the fourth quarter is a purple wine grape in a grey field.

Beneath the shield is a green ribbon with yellow capitals forming the name of the municipality. The shield is topped by a crown.

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 08 May 2007

• The mitre, here a tiara, and the keys are attributes of St. Peter, the municipality's patron.
• The mountain in the 2nd quarter, called "El Sombrerito," is one of the most characteristic places of the local landscape.
• The tree symbolizes the vast forests with their pines, especially the "Pino Gordo" (thick pine), having the biggest diameter of any on the whole island.
• The grape symbolizes viticulture.
• The inscription below the shield is an allusion to an old legend. In 1496 a Castilian captain in persecution of fugitives in the gorge of Chasna captured a beautiful Guanche woman and fell in immortal love with her at the very same moment. But the woman escaped and he became insane with love and died a little bit later, all the time screaming: "¡Vi la flor de Chasna!" ("I have seen the flower of Chasna"). Therefrom the municipalities name is derived. This was the historic name of nowadays Vilaflor municipality.

Source: Simbolos De Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2008