Flag of Aller

The flag of Aller is a field divided horizontally: red above, green below, with a thick white bent stripe in the middle. Over the green, three castles; over the red, a sun with a face.

How it came about

Aller is a council in the Asturian mountains, in the comarca of the same name. Its flag takes the symbols of its coat of arms and spreads them over two coloured halves.

How it has changed

No earlier versions are documented.

What it means

• Red

  the upper half.

• Green

  the lower half.

• White stripe

  thick, running the whole length of the field from side to side, making two unequal peaks like mountains.

• Three yellow castles

  with turrets, on the green half, next to the flagpole.

• Sun with a face

  yellow, at the top right, over the red half.

Fun facts

1. The white stripe is shaped like mountains

   The band separating red from green is not straight: it makes two unequal peaks. It is the only element of the flag that does not come from the coat of arms, and the one that makes it recognisable at a distance.

2. A sun with a human face

   The sun on the upper half has a face. It is an old motif: in heraldry the personified sun often appears facing forwards, and not as the radiating sun of modern symbols.

3. Everything comes from the coat of arms except the stripe

   The three castles and the sun with a face are the symbols of the coat of arms of Aller. The flag adds no new figures: it only spreads them over two coloured halves and adds the stripe that does the work of a mountain.

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