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The municipality of Puebla de Almenara (345 inhabitants in 2018 vs. 1,632 in1940; 3,772 ha) is located 100 km south-west of Cuenca.
Ivan Sache, 1 July 2019
The flag and arms of Puebla de Almenara are prescribed by Decree No. 19,
issued on 23 February 1988 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and
published on 1 March 1988 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha,
No. 9, p. 407 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: In a panel horizontally divided in the middle including a quadrangle, the upper part, white and charged at hoist with a Cross of Saint James, the lower part, red. In the reverse, charged in the center with the coat of arms of the municipality.
Coat of arms: Argent a burning tower and part of walls gules port and window azure surmounted by the anagram of Mary in letters azure and surrounded dexter by a Cross of Saint James gules. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The arms feature the ruined fortress that overlooks the village. Erected
in the 13th-14th centuries on the remains of a former fort, the castle
was probably completed by the Mendoza. The castle was owned in the 16th
century by Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, Princess of Éboli, who had
inherited it from her father, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.
[Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 1 July 2019
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