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Flag of Alcabón - Image by Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
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The municipality of Alcabón (669 inhabitants in 2018 vs. 1,213 in 1950; 802 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km north-west of Toledo and 10 km north-west of Torrijos.
Alcabón is a toponym of Arab origin, maybe meaning "a small vault". The
village, first documented in 1095, was granted in 1156 to Count Pérez de
Lara, who would subsequently swapped it for Perales with the Archbishop
of Toledo. The donation was confirmed in 1178 to Alfonso VIII. On 30
April 1179, Queen Leonor of England transferred Alcabón to the chapel
dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury.
Gutierre de Cárdenas acquired Alcabón in 1482. His son, Diégo de
Cárdenas, was erected the 1st Duke of Maqueda by Charles I in 1529.
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
The flag of Alcabón (photo,
photo) is prescribed by an Order issued on 21 July 1995 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 4 August 1995 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 40, p. 4,252 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, crimson, charged in the center with the coat of arms, in width half the panel's width.
The coat of arms of Alcabón is prescribed by an Order issued on 21 July 1995 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 4 August 1995 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 40, p. 4,252 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Or two wolves azure a bordure gules scallops and letters "S" or, 2. Azure a pillory argent. The shield surmounted by a Spanish Royal crown.
The first quarter features the arms of Gutierre de Cárdenas, which were
granted to the town by the Duke of Maqueda, as reported in Philip II's
Relaciones. The wolves (lobos) recall the López lineage, ancestor of
Gutierre. The scallops recall that Gutierre was Master of the Order of
Saint James. The letters "S" recall that Gutierre arranged the secrete
marriage of Isabel and Ferdinand; Isabel told Gutierre ese es (here he
is) to introduce Ferdinand, who was masked.
The second quarter feartures the pillory, as a symbol of the greatness
of the town.
[Bann of the 2011 town's festival]
Philip II's Relaciones (1573) report that the town used the arms of
the Duke of Maqueda, "two wolves, of Cárdenas, and several scallops all
around, of the Commander Mayor of the Order of Saint James."
These arms cannot be used as proper arms of the town since the Duchy of
Maqueda included several other towns, which could also claim the use of
the arms.
[José Luis Ruz Márquez & Ventura Leblic García. Heraldica municipal de la Provincia de Toledo. 1983; Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 8 September 2019
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