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The municipality of Plasenzuela (492 inhabitants in 2019; 3,667 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km east of Cáceres and 25 km south-west of Trujillo.
Plasenzuela is the site of the Roman necropolis of El Romazal I and El Romazal II, whose findings are kept in the Cáceres Archeological Museum. The two necropolis were related to the fortified site of Villasviejas del Tamuja (Botija).
Plasenzuela was mentioned for the first time in a record of the monastery of Guadalupe dated 1476. The village was listed in 1480 on a document of the Cortes of Toledo granting municipal autonomy to several settlements.
Plasenzuela was acquired in 1559 by Juan de Vargas y Carvajal. Gonzalo de Tapia purchased in 1599 Plasenzuela from Inés de Varga, the widow of the first lord.
Ivan Sache, 22 March 2020
The flag of Plasenzuela (photo,
photo,
photo), adopted on 6 January 1990 by the Municipal Council and validated on 25 February 1992 by the Assessing Council of Honors and Distinctions of the Government of Extremadura, is prescribed by an Order issued on 27 February 1992 by the Government of Extremadura and published on 4 March 1992 in the official gazette of Extremadura, No. 19, p. 364 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3. Composed of two vertical stripes, at hoist, red, at fly, white with three blue wavy stripes, in relative proportions 1:3 and 2:3. Charged with the municipal coat of arms in full colors.
The coat of arms of Plasenzuela, adopted on 3 December 1985 by the Municipal Council and validated on 25 April 1986 by the Royal Academy of History and on 21 October 1986 by the Provincial Council, is prescribed by an Order issued on 28 October 1986 by the Government of Extremadura and published on 11 November 1986 in the official gazette of Extremadura, No. 93, p. 1,261 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules a wall with two towers all or masoned sable port and windows azure, 2. Argent three fesses wavy azure. The shield surrounded by two branches of laurel tied beneath the shield. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed coat of arms, which is based on historical records. It was recommended to drop the laurels, deemed unnecessary and infrequent in civil arms.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. 183:3, 527. 1986]
Ivan Sache, 22 March 2020
