Blue with a mountain in natural colour over waves, crowned by the Andalusian tower of Salines and the arms of its two patron saints.
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It is a rectangular field with a 2:3 ratio, blue. Over white waves it bears a mountain in natural colour, crowned by a yellow tower, with a fleur-de-lis on its left and a rose on its right.
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Its coat of arms was approved by Resolution of 10 February 2006
The flag came two years later, by Resolution of 26 May 2008
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Salines is a whole landscape: sea, mountain and the tower that crowns the hill. The mountain is drawn in its real colour, instead of a heraldic colour.
Salines is a municipality of the Alto Vinalopó, in the province of Alicante, next to the Salines lagoon and the sierra of the same name. Its coat of arms was approved by Resolution of 10 February 2006, published in DOGV number 5,207. The flag came two years later, by Resolution of 26 May 2008, of the conseller de Presidencia, published in DOCV number 5,660.
The coat of arms represents the old Andalusian tower of Salines and the geographical situation of the town, next to the lagoon and the sierra. The fleur-de-lis is of Saint Anthony the Great, titular of the parish, and the rose is of Our Lady of the Rosary, patroness of the locality.
It has never changed. It was approved in 2008 and there are no documented later modifications.
Blue
the ground of the field.
Mountain in natural colour
the Salines sierra, next to the lagoon.
Golden tower
the old Andalusian tower.
Fleur-de-lis
Saint Anthony the Great, patron of the parish.
Rose
Our Lady of the Rosary, patroness of the town.
The mountain on the flag is not of a heraldic colour: it is drawn in its natural colour, with the rock and the vegetation as they are seen. It is a rare exception. Almost all the mountains on coats of arms are argent or vert, for dyeing reasons; here someone has attempted a portrait.
The flag of Salines is flanked by the two saints of the town: the fleur-de-lis of Saint Anthony the Great, by the flagpole, and the rose of Our Lady of the Rosary, at the fly. Neither is a local symbol: they are the titular of the parish and the patroness of the locality.
The Andalusian tower that crowns the mountain is not a castle: it is the watchtower that stood at the top of the hill, of which remains survive. The coat of arms of Salines places it on the hill, where it was.
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Flag image: Macondo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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