Flag of Vallada

The flag of Vallada is a white field with three figures: the Cross of Saint George in the centre, a black flory cross in the hoist angle and a winged dragon on the free side. The two crosses are not placed side by side: the black one is laid over the upper arm of the red one.

How it came about

Vallada is a municipality of La Costera, in the province of Valencia. Its flag has a 2:3 ratio and was legalised by the Generalitat Valenciana. The reference entry behind this description has no history section with approval dates, so they are not detailed here: official blazonry is all that can be asserted.

How it has changed

There are no earlier documented versions of this flag.

What it means

• White

  the colour of the field.

• Cross of Saint George in red

  the main emblem, the cross of Valencia.

• Flory black cross

  in the hoist angle, below the red cross, with two arms crossing the red arms.

• Silver winged dragon

  in the lower left, outlined and shaded in black.

Fun facts

1. Two crosses, not one

   What is usual on a flag with a cross is to have just one. Vallada has two: the red one of Saint George and a black flory one resting on it. The flag plays on overlaying two religious emblems instead of separating them.

2. The dragon is silver with detail in black

   The winged dragon is drawn in silver —pearl grey— but outlined and shaded in black, that is with the contours and the shadow lines in black. It is a common technique in vexillology: a single silver figure on a white ground needs the outline so it does not get lost.

3. A single dragon, on the free side

   The figure of the animal goes on the fly, the side that waves. In heraldic and vexillological tradition the most identifying element is usually placed on the free side so it reads from a distance in the wind.

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