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The municipality of La Carrera (2,121 inhabitants in 2010; 1,416 ha) is located in the southwest of the Province of Ávila, 80 km of Ávila.
Ivan Sache, 11 July 2011
The flag and arms of La Carrera are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 13 April 1998 by the Provincial Government, signed on 18 April 1998 by the President of the Government, and published on 27 May 1998 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 98 (text).
The flag is not described in the Decree. The coat of arms is described
as follows:
Coat of arms: Azure a mount argent surmounted with a chapel of the same roofed gules superimposed to the mount a path or heading to the chapel. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.
The Royal Academy of History assessed the submitted drawing, since the
written description was incorrect. The proposed arms could be
accepted, providing modifications are made. It should not be attempted
in any way to realistically represent the St. Barbara chapel. The path
should be suppressed and all the elements should be represented in a
manner compliant with the schematism of good style. The dimension of
the mount should be decreased while that of the chapel should be
dramatically increased. The shield should be surmounted by the Royal
Spanish crown instead of the odd coronet shown on the drawing.
Accordingly, the coat of arms would be "Azure a chapel proper on a
mount argent". The resulting design is quite poor, therefore it could
be improved by a adding St. Barbara's traditional attribute, a tower.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, 2000, 197, 2: 345]
Ivan Sache, 21 February 2015
