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The municipality of Chillarón de Cuenca (602 inhabitants in 2018; 3,941 ha) is located 10 km north-west of Cuenca. The municipality is composed of the villages of Chillarón de Cuenca and Arcos de la Cantera (18 inh.).
Ivan Sache, 22 June 2019
The flag of Chillarón de Cuenca is prescribed by an Order issued on 24
June 1992 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 3
July 1992 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 50, pp.
3,036-3,037 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, twice longer than wide (2:1); white, crossed by a blue wavy bend, in the upper part, a green tree, and in the lower part, a blue bezant.
The coat of arms of Chillarón de Cuenca is prescribed by an Order issued
on 24 June 1992 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on
3 July 1992 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 50, pp.
3,036-3,037 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Spanish shield. Per pale, 1. Argent a pine eradicated vert on three waves azure, 2. Vert two roundels argent in pale charged with the graphics of the "Chillarón idol" azure. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The Chillarón idol (Cuenca Museum; photos) dates back to the late 3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. The pebble-shaped, ovoid piece features on both sides a
symbolic, anthropomorphic ornamentation made of wide and deep incisions.
Martín Almagro Basch (1911-1984) interpreted it as a stylized human
representation, feminine on the anterior face and masculine on the
posterior, comparable to other pieces and representations on rocky
painting in the Provinces of Cuenca and Albacete. It would represent a Neolithic deity connected with life's basic principle, fertility and
fecundity.
[Cultura Castilla-La Mancha]
Ivan Sache, 22 June 2019
