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Flag of La Iglesuela - Image by Ivan Sache, 9 September 2019
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The municipality of La Iglesuela (locally known as La Iglesuela del Tiétar; 406 inhabitants in 2018; 6,910 ha) is located in the border with the Province of Ávila (Castilla y León), 120 km north-west of Toledo and 40 km north of Talavera de la Reina.
Ivan Sache, 9 September 2019
The flag of La Iglesuela (photo) is prescribed by an Order issued on 11 June 1993 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 18 June 1993 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 45, pp. 3,309-3,310 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 3:5, horizontally divided in two halhs, the upper, green, and the lower, red; with a white triangle dunning from the hoist to the panel's center. The triangle charged with the crowned municipal coat of arms.
The coat of arms of La Iglesuela is prescribed by an Order issued on 11 June 1993 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 18 June 1993 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 45, p. 3,310 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Vert a church's tower or, 2. Argent a holy oak vert eradicated. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
Ivan Sache, 9 September 2019
The Royal Academy of History rejected a former proposal of arms, which was composed of "a graphical expression of the toponym, a holly oak alluding to the most common species in the environment, and a dubious selection of elements taken from the arms of the lineages that successively ruled the village".
This selection excludes the arms of the first lords of La Iglesuela, the Dávila lineage but includes the arms of Constable Álvaro de Luna, a short-lived lord of La Adrada, on which the village depended. It is "absolutely unacceptable" to represent the La Cueva lineage by a fleur-de-lis, which is a late and unsubstantiated addition to the traditional arms for some secondary branches of the lineage. Moreovoer, the use of "Chequy or an sable" for the Portocarrero lineage, modern lords of La Adrada, cannot be accepted either, since these are not the genuine colors of their arms.
It appears to be of little opportunity to feature feudal arms on the municipal arms of La Iglesuela since the lineages had a mere indirect connection with the village, which was only a small part of the domain of La Adrada. These emblems unnecessarily fill the shield; so their suppression is clearly recommended.
The Academy accepted the proposed flag "without inconvenience".
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 190:1, 157-158. 1993]
The municipality reportedly used in 1876 a seal featuring a stone fountain surmounted by a sphere and pouring abundant water, flanked sinister by a tree surrounded by shrubs. The drawing, of little heraldic value but very realistic, must have been selected among proposals made by company, highlighting the significance of irrigation and forests for the village's agriculture.
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983; Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 9 September 2019