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The municipality of Moratilla de los Meleros (106 inhabitants in 2014;
2,915 ha) is located in the south-west of the Province of Guadalajara,
30 km of Guadalajara.
Moratilla was re-settled soon after the Christian reconquest by a
lineage of knights from Segovia. The first lord of Moratilla was Pedro Migule, who was succeeded by Miguel Pérez and Guutiérrez Miguel. In
1176, King Alfonso VIII granted the place to the Order of Calatrava, which ruled it until Charles I granted the status of villa to Moratilla.
[Los Escritos de Herrera Casado]
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2019
The flag of Moratilla de los Meleros is prescribed by an Order issued
on 15 November 2011 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and
published on 5 December 2011 in the official gazette of Castilla-La
Mancha, No. 237, p. 40,193 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular panel in proportions 2:3, vertically divided into three equal parts, the central white and the lateral red. The central part charged with a golden pillory and the lateral parts each charged with two yellow bees.
The coat of arms of Moratilla de los Meleros is prescribed by an Order
issued on 10 November 2009 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and
published on 23 November 2009 in the official gazette of Castilla-La
Mancha, No. 229, p. 50,327 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Spanish shield. Argent a pillory or. A bordure gules charged with four bees or. The shield surmounted by a Royal Spanish crown.
The pillory of Moratilla, the symbol of the municipal privileges, stands
at the north-eastern entrance of the village, on the road to
Fuentelencina. Erected in the first half of the 16th century, this is
one of the best preserved pillories in the Province of Guadalajara.
The bees recall that Moratilla produces one of the best honeys in the
region.
[Antonio Herrera Casado and
Antonio Ortiz García. Heráldica municipal de Guadalajara]
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2019
