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Motril (Municipality, Andalusia, Spain)

Flag of Motril, two versions observed on 21 September 2012 - Images by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012

Presentation of Motril
Symbols of Motril
Submunicipal entity of Torrenueva

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Presentation of Motril

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 townis 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

Symbols of Motril

The flag of Motril is horizontally divided tuurquoise blue-white-turquoise blue. The flag hoisted at the Town Hall is charged with a logo based on the municipal coat of arms, while the flag hoisted in front of the Tourist Office and in front of the Fire Brigade Station has no charge.

The logo is made of a shield with a purple base topped by a wavy fess five times divided white and blue. The main field is greyish blue, superimposed by a light orange, embattled tower with port and windows black and white lining, topped by a turret of the same kind. The tower stands upon the purple base. Purple swallow-tailed banners are hoisted on both sides of the tower. On the coat of arms, the tower is masoned sable (black).
The shield has a grey bordure charged with the inscription "CIVITAS /SEXIS FOR/ MENSIS/ S.P.Q." in black Capital letters. The shield is flanked by a purple scroll with the inscription "MUY NOBLE Y LEAL CIUDAD DE MOTRIL" [Very Noble and Loyal Town of Motril] in yellow Capital letters.
The shield is topped by a stylized coronet in light orange, grey with gemstones in purple and blue. On the coat of arms, the shield is topped with a Marquis' coronet.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012

Submunicipal entity of Torrenueva

Flag of Torrenueva, as observed on 21 September 2012 at the administration building - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 October 2012

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