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Town of Autilla del Pino (Castile and Leon, Spain)

Palencia Province

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image by Wikimedia Commons User:Valdavia, 22 Jul 2008

Introduction
Description

See also:

Palencia Province (Castile and Leon, Spain)
Castile and Leon (Castilla y León, Spain)
Spain

Introduction

The municipality of Autillo del Pino (240 inhabitants in 2009; 3,458 ha) is located 10 km from Palencia.

Autillo del Pino was probably named from Latin name "altam" and suffix "-elam," meaning together "a small height," "del Pino" referring to a rocky mountain. It has nothing to do with a tawny owl ("autilla"), nor with pines.

At the end of the 11th century, the place was known as Villa Ota y Villa Otiella, alluding to the upper village, located on a plateau 860 m asl and known as the Mirador of the Tierra de Campos. The village was once protected by walls, of which some gates have been preserved.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 06 Dec 2010

Description

The flag and arms of Autillo del Pino are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 12 December 2005 by the Municipal Council, signed by the Mayor on 13 December 2005 and published on 23 December 2005 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 246, p. 22,033. The symbols are described as follows:

Municipal flag: Square flag with proportions 1:1, gyronny of eight pieces, four white and four red, in the middle of the flag the municipal coat of arms in full colors.

Coat of arms: Azure a fortified town or roofed gules, the gate charged with an escutcheon argent a pine vert fructed three pine cones or.

Source: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2005/12/23/pdf/BOCYL-D-23122005-32.pdf

On the coat of arms, the town recalls the strategic location of the village; the pine alludes to the spurious etymology of the village name.

Ivan Sache, 06 Dec 2010