Flag of Amieva

The flag of Amieva is a green field crossed by a yellow saltire. In the centre, exactly where the two stripes cross, is the municipal coat of arms.

How it came about

Amieva is a concejo in the east of Asturias, in the mountain. Its coat of arms is divided into three parts: a black bull on silver, a green tree on gold, and green mountains over waves.

No approval date for the flag is recorded on the reference file.

How it has changed

No earlier versions are documented.

What it means

• Green

  the background of the field.

• Saltire

  two wide yellow stripes, corner to corner, crossing in the centre.

• Coat of arms

  in the centre, over the crossing. Spanish in shape, rounded at the bottom.

• First quarter

  silver, with a black bull.

• Second quarter

  gold, with a green tree with a broad crown and its roots showing.

• Lower part

  green mountains over a base of waves, alternating silver and blue.

• Crown

  royal and closed, above the coat of arms.

Fun facts

1. The saltire, not the stripes

   The flags of Asturian concejos usually carry the saltire: a cross of two stripes on a green ground. Here it is yellow, which adds a second tone to the design and makes the cross readable from a distance.

2. A coat of arms in three bands

   The coat of arms is not quartered in the regular way: the two upper quarters are silver and gold, with an animal and a tree, and the whole lower part is a landscape of mountains and water. It is a coat of arms divided in bands, not in quarters.

3. The tree with its roots in the air

   The green tree is drawn with its roots visible, the same feature that appears in the flag of Alcanar with the reeds and in that of Albesa with the poplar. The root is what identifies the plant in heraldry.

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