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Flag of Tórtola de Henares - Image by "Asqueladd", Wikimedia Commons, 7 September 2019
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The municipality of Tórtola de Henares ((1,012 inhabitants in 2018, 2,688 ha; municipal website) is located 15 km north of Guadalajara.
Tórtola de Henares was already settled in the prehistoric times, as
evidence by the site of La Talayuela, located on the left bank of river
Henares. The first permanent sttlement must have been established by the
Celtiberians in Barranco de Valles, in the north-west of the village.
Tórtola was known as Torela / Tortolla in the 12th century, referring to
a tower (torre) of little significance.
Philip II sold Tórtola to the Duke of Pastrana. The village subsequently belonged to the Common of the Town and Land of Guadalajara until the
17th century. In the second half of the 17th century, the lord of
Tórtola was Gaspar de Sandoval Silva Mendoza y de la Cerda, brother of
the Duke of the Infantado and Pastrana, Gregorio María Sandoval Mendoza
y de la Cerda. Together with the neighbouring town of Sacedón, Tórtola
was in the 18th century part of the Duchy of the Infantado.
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2019
The flag of Tórtola de Henares (photo) is prescribed by an Order issued on 17
October 2005 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 31
October 2005 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 217, p.
19,168 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of a red isosceles triangle, placed along the hoist and reaching the fly's mid-point, charged with a yellow tower masoned in black and with blue port and windows. The upper triangle, white, the lower white with two blue waves separated by a white wave in width the half of the blue wave's width.
The coat of arms of Tórtola de Henares is prescribed by an Order issued
on 17 October 2005 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published
on 31 October 2005 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No.
217, p. 19,168 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Gules a tower or port and windows azure over waves. The shield surmounted by a Royal Spanish crown.
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2019
