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Flag of Aielo de Rugat

A yellow tower flanked by two brambles and crowned by an eight-pointed star: the castle of Rugat and the Virgin, its patron saint.

Flag of Aielo de Rugat
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The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Adopted
20151 June 2015 · 11 years ago
Colours
  • blue
  • yellow
  • black
  • white
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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Take a closer look

  1. The blue cloth

  2. 1

    The tower

  3. 2

    The star

  4. 3

    The two gorse bushes

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio, blue, with a yellow tower in the centre. The tower is built of black ashlar, has the opening cleared in blue, and the crown is topped by a white eight-pointed star. At its sides there are two brambles in white or pearl grey.

Field (the cloth)
plain blue, with no stripes or divisions.
Tower
yellow, with the ashlar marked in black, opened in blue, standing on the line of the ground.
Brambles
two, at either side of the tower, in white or pearl grey.
Star
white or pearl grey, eight-pointed, above the tower.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

The full story

How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

The flag of Aielo de Rugat is a blue field with a yellow tower in the centre, flanked by two white brambles and crowned by an eight-pointed star.

How it came about

Aielo de Rugat is a municipality in the province of Valencia, in the comarca of Vall d’Albaida. Its flag was approved on 1 June 2015.

The tower is the castle of Rugat, and the eight-pointed star above the tower is the Virgin, patron saint of the town.

How it has changed

It has never changed. It was approved in 2015 and there are no documented later modifications.

What it means

  • Blue

    the colour of the field, plain and with no stripes.

  • Tower

    yellow, with the ashlar marked in black, opened in blue and topped by a crown with a white eight-pointed star.

  • Brambles

    two, at the sides of the tower, in white or pearl grey.

  • Position

    the tower rises from the line of the ground, centred on the field.

Fun facts

  1. An eight-pointed star for the Virgin

    The star that crowns the tower is the Virgin, patron of the town. It is a rare case: the sacred figure does not appear as a person but as a geometric symbol at the top of the tower. The eight-pointed star is her shape here.

  2. The ashlar drawn in black

    The tower is yellow, but its stones are marked in black and the opening is blue, the same colour as the background. It is ashlar drawn over a single figure: a technique that gives volume without needing a second ink.

  3. Two brambles, and not two trees

    The plants flanking the tower are brambles, not trees. They are climbing shrubs, and they appear in white or pearl grey. It is the rarest part of the design: what surrounds the castle is not a wood but a thicket.

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  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Aielo de Rugat?

  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

Sources consulted:

  • Wikidata
  • Generalitat Valenciana: Escuts i banderes dels municipis de la Comunitat Valenciana (2003), p. 31
  • Resolución de 18 de enero de 2005 (DOGV núm. 4939, de 4-2-2005)
  • Resolució d'1 de juny de 2015 (DOCV núm. 7.552, de 19-6-2015)
  • Símbols d'Aielo de Rugat (Viquipèdia)
  • Wikimedia Commons: Bandera d'Aielo de Rugat.svg

Credits

Flag image: Macondo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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