Last modified: 2013-10-01 by ivan sache
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The municipality of Ortigosa del Monte (524 inhabitants in 2010; 1,541 ha; unofficial webpage) is located in the center-east of Segovia Province, 15 km from Segovia.
Ortigosa del Monte was resettled in a place rich in nettles
(ortigas, from Latin, urtica). The original settlement, named
Ortigosiella, is believed to have been settled by colonists from the
Sierra de Cameros (La Rioja); it belonged to the Community of the Town
and Land of Segovia.
The "Bezoya" bottled mineral water comes from a spring located in
Ortigosa del Monte, 1,800 m asl.
Ivan Sache, 13 March 2011
The flag and arms (image) of Ortigosa del Monte, designed by Instituto Borbone de
Heráldica Municipal, are prescribed by a Decree adopted on
10 October 2000 by the Municipal Council, signed on 26
October 2000 by the Mayor, and published on 27 December 2000 in the official gazette
of Castile and León, No. 248, p. 16,330 (text).
The symbols are described
as follows:
Flag: Quadrangular flag, with proportions 1:1, green. In the middle of the flag is placed the municipal coat of arms, in full colors.
Coat of arms: Quarterly, 1. A nettle [ortiga] vert, 2. and 3. Gules a two-staged aqueduct argent masoned sable on ten rocks argent [The Segovia Roman aqueduct], 4. Or a mound [monte] proper. The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown.
Quarters 1. and 4. form a rebus of the village's name, while quarters 2. and 3., representing the Segovia Roman aqueduct, recall the the village belonged to the Community of the Town and Land of Segovia.
Ivan Sache, 13 March 2011