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Macael (Municipality, Andalusia, Spain)

Flag of Macael - Image from the Símbolos de Almería website, 9 May 2014

Presentation of Macael
Symbols of Macael

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Presentation of Macael

The municipality of Macael (6,212 inhabitants in 2008; 4,400 ha) is located in the Sierra de los Filabres, 100 km north of Almería.
Macael is nicknamed "The Town of the White Gold" because of its white marble (known as "Blanco Macael"), already used by the Phoenicians to make sarcophagi and mortars, and subsequently used to build the Roman theater of Mérida, the mosque of Córdoba and the Alhambra of Granada, as well as several monasteries, cathedrals and palaces. Macael, still one of the main centers of production of white marble in the world, is the home of the Andalusian Technological Center of Stone (CTAP).

Ivan Sache, 19 July 2009

Symbols of Macael

The flag of Macael, approved on 27 May 2005 by the Municipal Council and submitted on 16 June 2005 to the Directorate General of Local Administration, is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 21 June 2005 by the Directorate General of Local Administration and published on 1 July 2005 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 127, p. 67 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Panel in proportions 2:3. Quarterly, 1. and 4. blue, 2. and 3. white. In the center is placed the municipal coat of arms.

The coat of arms of Macael, approved on 15 April 2005 by the Municipal Council and submitted the same day to the Directorate General of Local Administration, is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 22 April 2005 by the Directorate General of Local Administration and published on 6 May 2005 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 87, p. 48 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Lozengy azure and argent. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

The coat of arms, with the very same description, was previously granted by Royal Decree No. 646 of 5 March 1976, published on 31 March 1976 in the Spanish official gazette, No. 78, p. 6,508 (text).

The blue and white colours recall the marble quarries, exploited in Macael since the 18th century.
[Símbolos de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía. Almería (PDF file)]

Ivan Sache, 19 July 2009