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Municipality of Peñacaballera (Salamanca Province, Castile and Leon, Spain)

image located by Ivan Sache, 20 Dec 2010

Introduction
Description

See also:

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

Introduction

The municipality of Peñacaballera (171 inhabitants in 2009; 620 ha) is located in the south of the Salamanca Province, 80 km from the provincial capital. The village is named for a rocky structure called "peña caballera" (Rider's Rock).

Ivan Sache, 20 Dec 2010

Description

The flag and arms of Peñacaballera are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 23 September 2004 by the Municipal Council, signed by the Mayor on 26 October 2004 and published on 19 November 2004 in the official gazette of Castile and Leon, No. 224, p. 16,761. The symbols are described as follows:

Municipal flag: Of square shape, like municipal flags. With three stripes perpendicular to the hoist and the shield. The upper stripe red, the central stripe white and the lower stripe green. The coat of arms is placed in the center on the white stripe and at the midpoint of the hoist and the fly. The colors shall be as described in the proposal.

Coat of arms: Quartered, 1. and 4. Argent a chestnut leaf vert per bend sinister, 2. and 3. Vert a "peña caballera" rock argent, Escutcheon oval or a milestone sable a bordure gules. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown.

Symbolism of the elements: 1. The tree, 2. The rock, 3. The milestone, 4. The crown. As prescribed in the proposal. Colors: 1. Vert, 2. Gules, 3. Sable, 4. Argent, 5. Or.

Sources: http://bocyl.jcyl.es/boletines/2004/11/19/pdf/BOCYL-D-19112004-34.pdf, Photo of the Rider's Rock, Photo of the milestone.

The symbols are shown graphically on the Pueblo España website: Flag, Coat of arms

Ivan Sache, 20 Dec 2010