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Sanchotello (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Flag of Sanchotello - Image by "Daarbos86" (Wikimedia Commons), 24 February 2014

Presentation of Sanchotello
Symbols of Sanchotello

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Presentation of Sanchotello

The municipality of Sanchotello (232 inhabitants in 2010; 1,403 ha; municipal website) is located 70 km from Salamanca.

Sanchotello was settled in the 9th-10th centuries, as evidenced by a Mozarabic necropolis recently discovered. The village got its name in the late 12th century, when the resettlement of the area was achieved. In 1212, King Alfonso VIII granted Sanchotello with the title of Loyal Village, as a reward for the courage of the villagers in the Battle of La Navas de Tolosa. Incorporated into the Community of the Village and Land of Béjar, Sanchotello was granted in 1479 the Ordinances of the Land of Béjar.

Ivan Sache, 30 April 2011

Symbols of Sanchotello

The flag of Sanchotello is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 21 February 1997 by the Salamanca Provincial Government, signed on 26 February 1997 by the President of the Government, and published on 12 March 1997 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 49 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular flag, with proportions 1:1, quartered per saltire white and red. In the middle is placed the municipal coat of arms in full colors, surmounted by the Royal Spanish crown.

The coat of arms of Sanchotello is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 26 July 1996 by the Salamanca Provincial Government, signed on 2 August 1996 by the President of the Government, and published on 13 August 1996 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 156 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Or six luneles azure in two pales, 2. Argent a bend sable in orle a chain or. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.

A lunel is made of four crescent adjacent by the points, forming a quatrefoil.
The sinister part of the shield is derived from the arms of the Zúñiga, a Castilian noble family descending from the Kings of Navarre.

Ivan Sache, 30 April 2011