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Torrecilla de la Orden (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Flag of Torrecilla de la Orden - Image by Ivan Sache, 22 January 2011

Presentation of Torrecilla de la Orden
Symbols of Torrecilla de la Orden

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Presentation of Torrecilla de la Orden

The municipality of Torrecilla de la Orden (298 inhabitants in 2009; 5,990 ha) is located in the southwest corner of Valladolid Province, on the border with the Salamanca and Zamora Provinces, 85 km from Valladolid.
Torrecilla de la Orden was the site of a commandery owned by the Order (Orden) of St. John of Jerusalem, indeed an outpost located not far from their headquarters of Fresno el Viejo.

Ivan Sache, 22 January 2011

Symbols of Torrecilla de la Orden

The flag and arms of Torrecilla de la Orden are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 2 October 2002 by the Municipal Council, signed on 7 October 2002 by the Mayor, and published on 21 October 2002 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 204, p. 13,865 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular flag, with proportions 2:3, made of a blue panel with a white triangle with vertices in upper and lower hoist and mid fly and a red triangle with vertices in upper and lower hoist and the flag's center, charged with a white Cross of St. John of Jerusalem.
Coat of arms: Gules a tower [torre] argent masoned sable port and windows of the same ensigned with a Cross of the Order [orden] of St. John of Jerusalem argent surrounded by two spikes or in base waves argent and azure. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Ivan Sache, 22 January 2011