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Flag of Sotillo de las Palomas - Image by Ivan Sache, 11 September 2019
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The municipality of Sotillo de las Palomas (193 inhabitants in 2018; 1,885 ha; municipal website) is located 100 km north-west of Toledo and 20 km north of Talavera de la Reina.
Sotillo de las Palomas belonged to the domain of Navamorcuende, granted to the Dávila family by the Council of Ávila; this was confirmled by Kings Alfonso X and Ferdinand IV (1309).
The villagers required a charter and separation from the Marquisate of Navamorcuende in 1546; approved by the Chancellory of Valladolid, the separation was postponed to 14 December 1692.
Ivan Sache, 11 September 2019
The flag of Sotillo de las Palomas is prescribed by an Order issued on 7 July 2005 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 20 July 2005 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 144, p. 14,129 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular panel, one and a half time longer than wide, vertically divided into two equal parts, the first, horizontally divided yellow-green, the second, white.
The coat of arms of Sotillo de las Palomas is prescribed by an Order issued on 7 July 2005 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 20 July 2005 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 144, p. 14,129 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Tierced per bend, 1. Vert two doves argent beaked and armed gules in pale, 2. Argent, 3. Or six roundels azure in two pales. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The doves (palomas) make the arms canting, while "Or six roundels azure" was the arms of the Dávila family, once lords of the village.
Ivan Sache, 11 September 2019