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The municipality of Espeja de San Marcelino (194 inhabitants in 2010; 7,178 ha; unofficial website) is located in the west of Soria Province, on the border with Burgos Province. The municipality is made of the villages of Espeja de San Marcelino (53 inh.; capital), Guijosa (76 inh.), La Hinojosa (26 inh.), Orillares (38 inh.) and Quintanilla de Nuño Pedro (20 inh.).
Espeja must have appeared in the early 10th century during the
resettlement campaign led by Count Gonzalo Fernández. A small
fortification was built on the hill known as El Castillo, aimed at
watching the surroundings and providing a shelter for the villagers in
case of Moorish raid. The name of the village was derived from
specula, "a watch tower"; the village was mentioned for the first
time in 1040 as Espelia.
Espeja was granted the title of villa on 27 August 1653 by King
Philip IV.
Ivan Sache, 6 March 2011
The flag and arms of Espeja de San Marcelino are prescribed by a Decree adopted
on 17 April 2000 by the Soria Provincial Government, signed on 2 May 2000 by the
President of the Government, and published on 18 May 2000
in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 95, p. 6,106 (text).
The symbols are described
as follows:
Flag: Rectangular flag with proportions 2:3, vertically divided, at hoist red with a white cross throughout, at fly white with a green pine in the middle.
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules a pillory argent, 2. Or a tower gules, grafted in base argent a pine vert. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.
Ivan Sache, 6 March 2011
