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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Dec 2009
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I spotted the flag of Conil de la Frontera on 17 November 2009 at the town hall and the tourist office. The lower half is a white field divided having three light blue horizontal wavy lines. The upper half is divided into two horizontal stripes of equal width bluish green (RGB 0/128/77) over white. Upon the wavy lines there is placed in the middle the coat of arms, the shield being in the white stripe and the crown in the green stripe.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Dec 2009
Shield divided per pale. The dexter half shows in a red field a golden (yellow) tower masoned black, embattled with red windows and gate, topped by three turrets of the same type, so probably considered as being a castle. The sinister half shows a silver (white) tuna in a blue field. The shield is topped by ducal coronet.
Source: [dyo69], p.131
According to Rodrigo Mèndez Silva the village was founded by the ancient tribe of Tùrdulians (“Poblaciòn General de España”, Madrid 1675). Others, however, claim, according to Igartuburu (“Manual de Provincia de Cádiz”, Cádiz 1847) that Guzmán the Good its founder, naming it “Torre de Guzmán”. On the other hand Igartuburu says that the village was in antiquity well known all over Europe as “Cymbilis”, the Greek word for “tuna”, an allusion to the rich fishing places in that region.
According to Igartuburu, no coat of arms existed until at least 1847. Unfortunately I have no information when exactly it was established. The dexter field shows however the arms of Pérez de Guzmán the Good. As his arms had been also part of other municipalities, e.g. Tarifa, a distinguishing mark was needed. This was found in the tuna, an allusion to the rich tuna fishing places. The coronet symbolizes the rule of the dukes of Medina Sidonia.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 01 Dec 2009