Castile and Leon (Spain)

Castilla y León

Last modified: 2005-11-19 by santiago dotor
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image by Antonio Gutiérrez, taken with permission from the S.E.V. website, 15 November 2005

• Differences with the Historical Flag
• Provinces and Municipalities:
  • Ávila Province
    • Municipality of Avellaneda
  • Burgos Province
    • Municipality of Burgos
  • León Province
    • Municipality of León
    • Municipality of Cuadros
    • El Bierzo Region
  • Palencia Province
    • Municipality of Castrillo de Don Juan
  • Salamanca Province
    • Municipality of Salamanca
  • Segovia Province
    • Municipality of Fuenterrebollo
  • Soria Province
  • Valladolid Province
    • Municipality of Valladolid
  • Zamora Province
    • Municipality of Muga de Sayago
• Historical Flags of Castile
• Castilian Nationalist Parties
• Leonese Nationalist Parties

See also:

• Castile-La Mancha (Spain)
• Spain

Pascal Vagnat asked, "Was the flag of the Kingdom of Castile [and Leon] in 1493 the same flag as the present day flag of Castile and Leon?". In essence, yes. The current official design of the Junta de Castilla y León's coat-of-arms depicts modernly-stylized castles and lions which would not appear in a medieval banner-of-arms. Also, it lacks many of the characteristic heraldic tinctures, the castle not being "masoned sable, windows and gate azure" etc. However, as far as I know, the flag was not redesigned simultaneously with this new official design of the coat-of-arms. Therefore the official flag is much more heraldically correct and is the one depicted above.

Santiago Dotor, 27 April 1999