Berrocal de Salvatierra (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Last modified: 2018-03-18 by ivan sache
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Flag of Berrocal de Salvatierra - Image by Ricardo Gil Turrión, 16 March 2018

• Presentation of Berrocal de Salvatierra
• Symbols of Berrocal de Salvatierra

See also:

• Spain
• Castilla y León (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• Province of Salamanca (Castilla y León, Spain)

Presentation of Berrocal de Salvatierra

The municipality of Berrocal de Salvatierra (85 inhabitants in 2017; 3,055 ha) is located 40 km due south of Salamanca.

Ivan Sache, 16 March 2018

Symbols of Berrocal de Salvatierra

The flag and arms of Berrocal de Salvatierra are prescribed by an Agreement adopted on 6 November 2017 by the Municipal Council, signed on 27 November 2017 by the Mayor and published on 4 December 2017 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 232, pp. 50,198-50,199 (text).
The symbols, which are supported by a memoir redacted by Ricardo Gil Turrión and were validated on 5 June 2017 by the Chronicler of Arms of Castilla y León, are described as follows.

Flag: Quadrangular, in proportions 1:1. Blue with a yellow triangle placed along the hoist and reaching the fly, charged with the municipal coat of arms placed from the hoist at 1/8 of the flag's width.
Coat of arms: Spanish shield rounded-off in base. Azure a fess wavy argent in base surmounted by a five-arched bridge or surmounted by a slate heap gray surmounted by the tower of the parish church or. The shield surmounted by a Royal Spanish crown.

Earler version of the flag - Image by Ricardo Gil Turrión, 16 March 2018

The arms feature the village's landmark, the tower of the parish church (photo, photo) erected in 1744 for 12,000 reales, and the bridge over brook Navalcuervo (photo), a tributary of river Alhandiga, most probably of Roman origin.
The rocky heap (berrocal) was white in the first version of the proposed arms; Llorente Maldonado mentions a heap of slate or marble, but white makes the composition much harmonious.
The first version of the proposed flag included five white quartz rocks placed vertically along the fly.
[ Ricardo Gil Turrión's Facebook account, 27 February 2017]

Ivan Sache, 16 March 2018