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Flag of Albalate de las Nogueras - Image by Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019
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The municipality of Albalate de las Nogueras (272 inhabitants in 2015; 4,011 ha) is located 50 km north of Cuenca.
Albalate was the site of Celtic, Roman, and Arab fortifications. The
place named Fuente de los Baños (The Bath's Fountain) is said to have
been inhabited by a famous medical doctor, Abden Yusef; the village was
part of the cora (district) of Santaver. The Arabs are credited the
plantation of the nut trees (nogueras) alluded to in the name of the town.
The troops of El Cid, coming from Alcocer, expelled the Arabs from the
village and founded the new settlement of Albalate Bombarrá in a safer
place, close to the upper valley of river Trabaque. The parish books
dated 1 March 1526 are the first source mentioning Albalate de las
Nogueras. A local tradition claims that the former mosque was
consecrated as a church by Cardinal Gil Carrillo de Albornoz (1579-1649,
created Cardinal in 1627 by Pope Urban VIII), who served as parish
priest of the village in the first quarter of the 16th century.
Albalate was granted the status of villa in 1626 by Philip IV,
upon request of the Marquess de Olías y Mortara. The town was purchased
in 1752 by the Marquis of Ariza.
Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019
The flag of Albalate de las Nogueras is prescribed by an Order issued on
16 January 2007 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on
26 January 2007 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 20,
p. 1,781 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular in proportions 2:3, made of three vertical stripes, the central half, white, and the quarters at hoist and fly, Bordeaux purple. The central stripe charged with the coat pf arms of the place.
The coat of arms of Albalate de las Nogueras is prescribed by an Order
issued on 16 January 2007 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and
published on 26 January 2007 in the official gazette of Castilla-La
Mancha, No. 20, pp. 1,760-1,781 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per fess, 1a. Gules a tower or masoned black (to highlight the stones), 1b. Azure a medieval bridge argent, 2. Argent two nut trees vert on a base of the same. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed [description skipped].
The symbols were designed by Ángel Villar Garrido.
White represents the root alba (Latin, "white") in the town's name,
and is a symbol of peace. Purple Bordeaux (Pantone 242C / RAL 4004)
represents the production of grapes and wine, among the most
characteristic natural resources of the town.
The tower represents the fortress of Bombarrá, erected by the Arabs on
the ruins of a Celtic fortification and used to watch the meander of
river Trabaque, which headed to the village of La Frontera. The bridge
represents the medieval bridge, still standing (ohoto), of probable Roman
origin, by which the road crossed the river. The name of Albalate is of
Arab origin, meaning "a road". The lower part of the shield features two
nut trees that make the arms canting.
[Ángel Villar Garrido. El desvan de mis libros, 22 July 2010]
Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019