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Flag of Villaseca de la Sagra - Image by Ivan Sache, 13 September 2019
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The municipality of Villaseca de la Sagra (1,793 inhabitants in 2018; 3,140 ha; municipal website) is located 20 km north-east of Toledo and 30 km south of Illescas.
Villaseca de la Sagra belonged from the 15th century to the mid-18th century to the domain of Montemayor.
Juan de Silva y Ribera (1471-1538), 3rd lord of Montemayor, remained faithful to Charles I during the War of the Commoners. His loyalty caused the total destruction of Villaseca in 1521 by the Commoners led by Bishop Acuña.
The king ordered the re-building of the palace of the Marquess of Montemayor, using material from the manor owned by Padilla, one of the leaders of the uprising, in Toledo. In 1538, Juan de Silva y Ribera was created the 1st Marquess of Montemayor.
Villaseca de la Sagra is a bullfighting's national reference. The tradition dates back to the late 16th century. In 1728 and 1729, Luis Camargo, Miguel de la Canal, José Rodriguez de Mora, and Juan González, pioneers of Toledo bullfighting, participated to bullfights organized in the town.
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2019
The flag of Villaseca de la Sagra (photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo, photo), which does not appear to have been officially registered, is yellow with three horizontal green stripes and a white stripe placed vertically along the hoist and charged with the municipal coat of arms.
The coat of arms of Villaseca de la Sagra is prescribed by Royal Decree No. 772, signed on 9 March 1979 and published on 16 April 1979 in the Spanish official gazette, No. 91, p. 8,779 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per fess, 1a. Argent a lion gules, 1b. Or three fesses (Silva y Rivera), 2. Azure a burning town argent. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The lion comes from the coat of arms of the Silva lineage. It is, however, depicted facing sinister, which contradicts the heraldic tradition and the genuine Silva's arms.
The second quarter features the arms of the Ribera, Marquesses of Montemayor. Philip II's Relaciones (1576) report that "the arms of the town are those of its lord". The lower quarter is a straightforward reference to the toponym and to the blaze that destroyed the town during the War of the Commoners.
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983]
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2019
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