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The municipality of Alameda de la Sagra (3,478 inhabitants in 2015; 3,303 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km of Toledo.
Alameda de la Sagra was named for a poplar grove (alameda) located
near the river, the site of the early settlement, and the word sagra,
of Arab origin, meaning "a cultivated field". The town was first
mentioned in documents released between 1151 and 1168, as a dependency
of the Church of Toledo. A document dated 1193 mentions Ala Ameda;
Archdeacon García ruled one half of the town, owning a vineyard, a group
of huts and two pigeon-houses.
In the middle of the 14th century, villagers from Cobeja erected straw
huts near the gypsum quarry they exploited. In 1530, they built stone
houses on the left bank of the brook, subsequently moving to the right
bank, deemed more appropriate for living.
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
The flag of Alameda de la Sagra (photo,
photo) is prescribed by an Order adopted on 14
February 2006 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 1
March 2006 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 46, p. 4,892 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular in proportions 2:3, red with a blue stripe along the upper and lower edges, in width 1/10 of the panel's width, charged in the center with the crowned coat of arms of the municipality.
The coat of arms of Alameda de la Sagra is prescribed by an Order adopted on 14
February 2006 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 1
March 2006 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 46, p. 4,892 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Or a sledgehammer sable in pale, 2. Gules an increscent over waves. The shield surmounted by a Royal Spanish crown.
The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed symbols, with some
reluctance. A long paragraph explains that "a Royal crown closed" should
be substituted in the description by "a Royal Spanish crown", since "a
Royal crown closed" could equally design the crown featured on the
national arms of England, Sweden, Hungary, or Bulgaria. The Academy also
suggested to change the position of the moon crescent from vertical (as
shown on the emblems of eastern Arabs) to horizontal (as shown on the
seals of Spanish Moriscos in the 14th century, surrounding a star), for
the sake of vertical symmetry.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 203:1, 123-124. 2006]
The central balcony of the Town Hall is decorated with a granite coat of
arms, surrounded by lambrequins and surmunted by a helmet, featuring a
cross flory cantonned by four five-pointed stars. The bordure is charged
with the writing "ANGELVS PELAYO ET SVIS VICTORIAM". This is not the
municipal coat of arzms but a decorative design created in 1970 for the
inauguration of the new building. The design is based on the arms of the
Pinto lineage; by a mere coicidence, the Mayor of the time was also
named Pinto. In 1876, the Mayor, also named Pinto, stated that the
municipality had no coat of arms. The decorative coat of arms can also
be seen in a painting by Manuel Romero Carrión (1936-1977; Director of
the Toledo School of Art and Culture Councillor at the Municipality of
Toledo) kept in the parish church.
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983; Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
