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Flag of Chillón - Image by Eudardo Panizo, Vexilla Hispanica, 17 May 2019
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The municipality of Chillón (1,937 inhabitants in 2015; 20,778 ha; municipal website) is located on the border with Extremadura (Province of Badajoz), 110 km west of Ciudad Real.
Chillón was already settled in the prehistoric times, as evidenced by
the rock paintings of the Sierra de la Virgen del Castillo and a
decorated stele from the Age of Bronze, kept in the Provincial Museum of
Ciudad Real. In the Roman times, the town of Sisapon was mentioned by
Ptolemy and listed on the Antonine Itinerary as the last mansio in
Berutia on the road connecting Mérida to Zaragoza. In the Muslim period, the area was defended by the castles of Aznaharon, of the Chapel, and of Chillón.
After the Christian reconquest, the latter castle was renamed
to the Maiden's castle; its commander, Diego Hernández de Córdoba,
defeated and captured Boabdil, the last king of Granada, and 64 banners, which were offered to Ferdinand the Catholic. The castle was transformed
in the 16th century into a three-naved church dedicated to Sts. John the
Baptist and Dominic of Silos.
During the War of Castilian Succession, Chillón supported Isabel the
Catholic; the town was rewarded by a charter and the title of "Muy Leal"
(Very Loyal). The town was subsequently granted to the Dukes of
Medinaceli, who eventually sold it to the Crown in 1799.
The village of Guadalmez was separated from Chillón in 1927 to form an independent municipality, decreasing the municipal territory by 7,190 ha.
Ivan Sache, 17 May 2019
The flag of Chillón (photo,
photo) is prescribed by an Order issued on 5 October 2007
by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 17 October 2007
in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 216, p. 25,218 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular, in proportions 2:3, made of three vertical stripes in proportions 1/4, 1/2,and 1/4, the outer stripes, blue, and the central stripe, white with a red Cross of the Order of Calatrava.
The coat of arms of Chillón is prescribed by an Order issued on 5
October 2007 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 17
October 2007 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 216, p.
25,218 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Spanish shield. Argent a Cross of the Order of Calatrava gules. A bordure azure charged with eight suns or. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The coat of arms is based on the seal "of immemorial use" forwarded on
28 October 1876 by Saturnino Gómez to the Governor of the Province of
Ciudad Real.
[Municipal website]
The Royal Academy of History rejected the proposed symbols, whose most
weak justification was an image, with outer ornaments, in a modern book.
The companion supporting memory does not provide any justification of
the use of the Cross of Calatrava.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 204:1, 153. 2007]
Ivan Sache, 17 May 2019