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Carrizosa (Municipality, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

Flag of Carrizosa - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 May 2019

Presentation of Carrizosa
Symbols of Carrizosa

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Presentation of Carrizosa

The municipality of Carrizosa (1,369 inhabitants in 2014; 2,604 ha; unofficial website) is located 100 km east of Ciudad Real and 120 km west of Albacete.
Carrizosa was reconquered in 1186 form the Moors by the Order of Saint James. The re-settlement of the area was organized by Álvaro Núñez de Lara. The Commandery of Carrizosa was established in 1387.

Ivan Sache, 17 May 2019

Symbols of Carrizosa

The flag of Carrizosa is prescribed by an Order issued on 9 January 2008 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 18 January 2008 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 14, pp. 1,052-1,053 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of six vertical stripes, in proportions 1/2 the stripe at hoist and 1/10 the other ones, at hoist white with a red Cross of St. James, another three green and two white stripes.

The coat of arms of Carrizosa is prescribed by Royal Decree No. 2,924, signed on 26 November 1976 and published on 22 December 1976 in the Spanish official gazette, No. 306, p. 25,488 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Argent a Cross of the Order of St. James gules, 2. Or seven sedges vert leaved of the same per fess on waves azure and argent. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed arms, of "simple and logic heraldic organization" and merging two different elements - which is not necessarily recommended. The Cross of St. James recalls that Carrizosa was once the seat of a commandery of the Order. The sedges [carrizos], the village's namesakes, once grew profusely on the banks of river Cañamares.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 176:1, 200. 1979]

The arms were proposed on 15 October 1974 by Ramón José Maldonado y Cocat.
[Ramón José Maldonado y Cocat. 1984. La bandera regional y nuevas armas municipales de la provincia de Ciudad Real. Cuadernos de estudios manchegos 15, 303-337]

Ivan Sache, 17 May 2019