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Flag of Belvís de la Jara - Image by Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
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The municipality of Belvís de la Jara (1,698 inhabitants in 2014; 11,402 ha) is located 120 km west of Toledo and 30 km of Talavera de la Reina.
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
The flag of Belvís de la Jara (photo,
photo,
photo) is prescribed in a Decree adopted on 9
September 2008 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on
25 September 2008 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No.
198, pp. 30,293-30,294 (photo).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 3:5, horizontally divided in the middle, the upper part, blue, the lower part, red, a green triangle placed along the hoist and reaching the panel's center, a yellow bee.
The flag was designed by the local historian Fernando Jiménez de
Gregorio, born in 1911 in Belvís. The final drawing was provided by
Ángel Deza Agüero. The colours symbolize the town's past and present.
Celestial blue is one of the colours of the flag of Talavera de la
Reina, recalling that Belvís was founded by colonists from that town and
remained under its rule for centuries. Celestial blue is also a symbol
of justice and loyalty.
Red is the colour of the Archbishops of Toledo, who ruled Belvís from
1369 to the abolishment of the feudal system. Red is also a symbol of
force, valor and honor.
Green represents the local vegetation (trees, bushes, grapevine, olive
trees, almond trees, grain crops and vegetables). Green is also a symbol
of hope and friendship.
The bee is a symbol of the diligent work and constancy of the
inhabitants, who transformed a harsh, barren land into a prosperous
source of income. The bee also recalls tha old apiaries and income still
provided, although to a lesser extent than in the past, by honey.
Bee-keeping was the first source of income for the villagers, who
maintained bee-hives in the valleys of Santa María, La Torre and
Saucejo. Or is a symbol of charity and nobleness.
[Municipal website]
The coat of arms of Belvís de la Jara, also designed by Fernando Jiménez
de Gregorio, was adopted on 15 June 1950 by the Municipal Council. It
does not appear to have been officially approved - the complexity of the
design attempting at representing all the historical and geographical
components of the municipality and the use of a "whimsical" crown
probably caused its rejection by the Royal Academy of History, provided
it was ever submitted for approval.
[Municipal website]
The arms are "Quarterly, 1. Per pairle, 1. Argent a lion rampant gules
surmunted by a lion's head of the same, 2. Purpure a dove argent a
scallop of the same in pale, 3. Azure a tower or surmounted by a swallow
volant, 2. Vert an olive tree proper a bee or in canton, 3. Or a holly
oak vert a wolf's head sable issuing from the dexter base, 4. Gules two
nut tree trunks in saltire pirced by an arrow argent. Grafted in base,
Azure a rockrose [jara] flower proper. The shield surmounted by a
lord's coronet."
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983; Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019