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Flag of Almoharín - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020
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The municipality of Almoharín (1,899 inhabitants in 2016, 9,730 ha; municipal website) is located 50 km southeast of Cáceres.
Almoharín was most probably founded in the middle of the 12th century by the Almohads. Almoharín, once Almojarín, means either "a roofed place" or "a watch tower". After the reconquest by the Order of St. James, the village was incorporated to Montánchez, from which it separated in 1596. The castle of Almoharín, erected on the neighboring Mt. St. Christopher, was suppressed in 1479 by Alonso de Cárdenas, Master of the Order of St. James, to increase the power of the castle of Montánchez and to prevent its seizure by the enemy.
Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020
The flag and arms of Almoharín, adopted on 27 April 1995 by the Municipal Council and validated on 17 October 1995 by the Assessing Council of Honors and Distinctions of the Government of Extremadura, are prescribed by an Order issued on 6 November 1995 by the Government of Extremadura and published on 23 November 1995 in the official gazette of Extremadura, No. 137, pp. 4908-4,909 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3. Three horizontal stripes, the central, yellow and twice wider than the other, which are green at the top and red at the bottom. Charged with the municipal coat of arms in full colors in the center.
Coat of arms: Per pale grafted in base, 1. Vert a castle or port and windows gules masoned sable, 2. Gules the tower of the parish church of Almoharín or masoned sable, 3. Argent the cross of the Military Order of St. James gules. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The description omits the bordure or charged in turn with three fig leaves and three figs all proper, while the drawing attached to the Order shows it.
The tower, not part of the church, is indeed known as the Village's Tower. The lower part of the tower, erected in the 15th century was originally a watch tower part of a fortified building. In the 16th century, a second part, broader, was added above it to house the bells. The upper part, surmounted by a cupula, was built in the 17th century in the Andalusian architectural style of the time.
[La Atalaya Casa Rural]
Ivan Sache, 19 March 2020