Last modified: 2015-10-18 by ivan sache
Keywords: motril |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Flag]](../images/e/es-gr-mo.gif)
Flag of Motril - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012
See also:
The municipality of Motril (61,194 inhabitants in 2013; 10,977 ha; municipal website) is located on the east bank of river Guadalfeo and on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, 70 km south of Granada.
The main attraction of the town is the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Head (Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza), erected upon a green hill south of the downtown, the former site of the palace of Aisha Alhorra, the mother of
Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada. Motril was famous up to the 19th century for cultivation of cane.
The distillation of rum, still practiced today, was a source
of prosperity and tasty sweets.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012
The flag of Motril is horizontally divided blue-white-blue with the municipal coat of arms in the center (photo, photo, photo).
The coat of arms is "Azure a tower or ensigned by two flags gules hoisted sable surrounded by waves argent and azure and standing ona base gules. A bordure argent inscribed with "CIVITAS /SEXIS FOR/ MENSIS/ S.P.Q.". The shield surrounded by a scroll gules inscribed with "MUY NOBLE Y LEAL CIUDAD DE MOTRIL" [Very Noble and Loyal Town of Motril]. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown open.
The writing on the bordure recalls the name of the town in the Roman times.
Klaus-Michael Schneider & Ivan Sache, 15 October 2012
Flag without arms
![[Flag]](../images/e/es-gr-m1.gif)
Variant flag of Motril - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012
The flags hoisted in front of the Tourist Office and in front of the Fire Brigade Station lack the coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012
![[Flag]](../images/e/es-gr-tn.gif)
Flag of Torrenueva - Image from the Símbolos de Granada website, 14 May 2014
The submunicipal entity of Torrenueva (2,622 inhabitants in 2013) was established by a Decree adopted on 14 July 1987 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 11 September 1987 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 77, p. 4,494 (text).
Torrenueva is of Roman origin, as evidence by theremains excavated in El Marante. Subsequent archeological campaign have yielded ceramics dated to the 10th century, which allowed identification of the site as the Moorish alquería of Paterna / Batarna, once exploiting mines and saltworks. The village is named for the New Watch Tower (Torre Atalaya Nueva), erected in the 18th century.
The flag and arms of Torrenueva, adopted on 7 March 2002 by the Municipal Council and revised on 23 October 2002, as suggested by the Royal Academy of Córdoba, are prescribed by Decree No. 16, adopted on 28 January 2003 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 14 February 2003 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 31, p. 3,399 (text). This was confirmed by a Decree adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text)
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of two equal vertical stripes, green at hoist charged in canton with a yellow sun surrounding a green disk and a white tiwer, blue at fly with, in the lower half, three white wavy stripes in height 1/12 of the flag's hoist.
Coat of arms: Azure a sun or filled vert charged with a watching tower argent masoned sable; a bordure or inscribed with the motto "TURRIS NOVA NOVA EST" in letters sable. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The tower represents the village's namesake, making the arms canting. The tower is surrounded by a sun as the source of energy that enlights the social and economical activity of the municipality, also symbolizing the local micro-climate. The blue part represents the fishers who live from the sea.
[Símbolos de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía. Granada (PDF file)]
Klaus-Michael Schneider & Ivan Sache, 15 October 2012
