Flag of Blancafort

The flag of Blancafort is a red field with a grey stone castle and four vertical yellow bars by the fly side.

How it came about

Blancafort is a municipality in the province of Valencia, in the comarca of the Garrotxa. Its flag dates from 1 July 2009.

The castle has the stonework marked with lines, an arched door at the base, two arched windows in the body and four conical pinnacles at the top. The four yellow bars occupy the fly side stripe.

How it has changed

No earlier versions are documented.

What it means

• Red

  the background of the field, in a single colour.

• Castle

  of grey stone with the joints marked, in the central part towards the flagpole.

• Castle details

  an arched door at the base, two arched windows in the body, four pinnacles at the top.

• Yellow bars

  four, vertical, of equal width, in the fly side stripe.

• No coat of arms

  the two figures go directly onto the red ground.

Fun facts

1. Pinnacles, not battlements

   The tower does not end in square battlements, as on the flags of Atzeneta del Maestrat and Benafigos, but in four pinnacles with a conical roof. The difference turns a castle into a tower with a spire.

2. The bars occupy the whole fly side

   The fly side stripe carries no figure: only four yellow bars alternating with the red. It is the only part of the flag that is a pattern rather than a building.

3. A figure and a pattern, face to face

   The castle goes in the centre towards the flagpole and the bars on the free edge. The flag separates the image of the local symbol from the geometric motif, each in its half of the field.

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