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Bandera de Pina

Red with a shield of four bars in the centre and, at the top, the Iberian tower on one side and the pine tree that gives the town its name on the other.

Bandera de Pina
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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
20104 May 2010 · 16 years ago
Colours
  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • black
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 red cloth

  2. 1

    The tower

  3. 2

    The pine

  4. 3

    The lozenge

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, red. In the centre of the lower half it bears a small escutcheon of four pales of gules on a yellow ground. In the upper canton, by the flagpole, there is a yellow tower with three battlements; in the upper canton at the fly, a green pine tree.

Field (the cloth)
red, with no stripes.
Small shield
in the centre of the lower half, yellow with four pales of gules.
Tower
yellow with three battlements, in the upper canton by the flagpole.
Pine tree
green, in the upper canton at the fly.
Pino
verde, en el cantón superior del batiente.

What it carries

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

Its history in dates

Every date in its story, at a glance.

  1. 2007

    Its coat of arms was restored by Resolution of 15 May 2007

  2. 2010

    The flag came three years later, by Resolution of 4 May 2010, of the conseller de Solidaritat…

The full story

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

The flag of Pina preserves three centuries of history in a field: the royal bars of the Crown of Aragon, an Iberian tower in ruins and a pine tree. It is one of the most heraldic flags of the Alt Palància.

How it came about

Pina is a municipality of the Alt Palància. Its coat of arms was restored by Resolution of 15 May 2007, of the conseller de Justícia, Interior i Administracions Públiques, published in DOCV number 5,525. The flag came three years later, by Resolution of 4 May 2010, of the conseller de Solidaritat i Ciutadania, published in DOCV number 6,266.

The traditional coat of arms of Pina represents the Iberian tower of El Prospinal, a vestige preserved in ruins, and a pine tree as a play on the place name. The royal arms —the four pales— recall the times when Pina belonged to the Crown of Aragon.

How it has changed

It has never changed since 2010. The coat of arms, on the other hand, was restored in 2007, though the motif goes back much further.

What it means

  • Red

    the ground of the field.

  • Four pales of gules

    the arms of the Crown of Aragon, on a small shield.

  • Tower of three battlements

    the Iberian tower of El Prospinal, in ruins today.

  • Pine tree

    the tree that gives the town its name.

Fun facts

  1. The coat of arms has been seen since 1876

    In the National Historical Archive two seals of Pina from 1876 are preserved, one from the Mayor’s office and one from the Town Council, with a coat of arms almost identical to the current one: the same pointed oval and the same four bars, but without the small shield. The current flag comes from a drawing that was already a hundred and thirty years old.

  2. An Iberian tower, not a castle

    The tower on the coat of arms is not a medieval castle: it is the Iberian tower of El Prospinal, a pre-Roman vestige still preserved in ruins in the municipality. Pina puts a Bronze Age tower on its flag.

  3. The pine tree and the tower, the two names

    Pina means pine tree, and it says so with a drawn tree. The Iberian tower is not an ornament: it is the other element that identifies the town, the one you can still visit. The flag tells the two things Pina is known by.

Localisation

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Test what you have read about the flag of Pina.

  1. 1. Which one is the flag of Pina?

  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?

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Flag image: Mutxamel, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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