Fuentes de Andalucía (Municipality, Andalusia, Spain)

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Flag of Fuentes de Andalucía - Image by Ivan Sache, 30 June 2009

• Presentation of Fuentes de Andalucía
• Symbols of Fuentes de Andalucía

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• Spain
• Andalusia (Autonomous Community, Spain)
• Seville Province (Andalusia, Spain)

Presentation of Fuentes de Andalucía

The municipality of Fuentes de Andalucía (7,360 inhabitants in 2008; 15,018 ha; municipal website), is located 60 km west of Seville.
Transferred in 1316 by King Alfonso XI, the castle and domain of Fuentes, originally built by the Moors, belonged to Alvar Pérez de Guzmán, Alguacil Mayor (Chancellor) of Seville. On 15 February 1606, Philip III granted the Marquisate of Fuentes to Gome de Fuentes Guzmán, Knight of the Order of Santiago. The probable site of the Iberian town of Obúlcula described by Ptolemy, Monclova was transfered by King Alfonso XI to Gil Bocanegra, a Genovese seaman appointed the 17th Admiral of Castile, as a reward for the seizure of Algeciras from the Moors. The castle of Monclova, once a Roman castrum, was used in all the subsequent war episodes that took place in the region. When peace resumed, it was transformed in a palace by the lord of Fuentes.

Ivan Sache, 30 June 2009

Symbols of Fuentes de Andalucía

The flag and arms of Fuentes de Andalucía, adopted on 2 November 2007 by the Municipal Council and submitted on 28 January 2008 to the Directorate General of the Local Administration, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 6 February 2008 by the Directorate General of the Local Administration and published on 19 February 2008 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 104, p. 34 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular flag, in proportions 3:2, vmade of two equal vertical stripes, blue at hoist and yellow at fly, the coat of arms in the middle.
Coat of arms: Shield in Spanish shape. Per pale, 1. Or a castle gules port and windows and masoned sable, 2. Azure a fountain argent. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown.

The castle recalls the Muslim colonization. The fountain (fuente) is the town's namesake, alluding to the several fountains found in the neighborhood.
[Símbolos de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía. Sevilla (PDF file)]

Ivan Sache, 30 June 2009