Capriasca commune (Ticino canton, Switzerland)

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• Capriasca
• Bidogno
• Cagiallo
• Corticiasca
• Lopagno
• Lugaggia
• Roveredo Capriasca
• Sala Capriasca
• Tesserete
• Vaglio

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Capriasca

Azure two goats salient addorsed argent and in base argent a bar wavy of the first.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2003

The animals on the flag of Capriasca are goats (in Italian capre, sing. capra) making the flag canting. All these goats and he-goats on the flags in Capriasca area come from the seal of the parish church of Capriasca.
Pascal Gross, 30 June 2003

[The commune of Capriasca was created on 1 January 2002 through the merger of Cagiallo, Lopagno, Roveredo Capriasca, Sala Capriasca, Tesserete and Vaglio. On 20 April 2008 Bidogno, Corticiasca and Lugaggia joined them (see below)]

Bidogno (until 19 April 2008)

Gules a he-goat sable passant and in base two ears of oat issuant.
Željko Heimer, 25 June 2003

Cagiallo (until 31 December 2001)

Gules a lamb passant argent and in chief a cross bottony of the same.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2003

The animal on the flag of Cagiallo is a lamb (in Italian agnello) after the nickname given to the inhabitants.
Pascal Gross, 30 June 2003

See also:   CROSS BOTONNY in Dictionary of Vexillology

Corticiasca (until 19 April 2008)

Per bend argent a semi goat rampant couped sable and vert three ewes passant in bend.
Željko Heimer, 5 July 2003

See also:   IN BEND in Dictionary of Vexillology

Lopagno (until 31 December 2001)

Bendy sinister of twelve or and vert a he-goat's head couped sable and in base a bar wvay argent.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2003

Lugaggia (until 19 April 2008)

Azure a mount vert issuant inflamed gules fimbriated or.
Željko Heimer, 6 July 2003

The inflamed mount on the flag of Lugaggia alludes to the pillage and fire suffered on 15 March 1500 during the war between the Ghelfi and the Ghibellini.
Pascal Gross, 7 July 2003

See also:   INFLAMED in Dictionary of Vexillology

Roveredo Capriasca (until 31 December 2001)

Or a he-gaor sable passant on coupeaux vert and in chief an oak branch vert fesswise.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2003

The animal on the flag of Roveredo Capriasca is a he-goat as well, the oak branch alludes to the origin of the name coming, according to the popular opinion, from rovere (a variety of oak called robur).
Pascal Gross, 30 June 2003

The robur oak is the durmast, also known as the sessile oaktree. The taxonomy of the European oaks is difficult, since the distribution areas of the different species overlap, allowing hybridization and intermediate types. The durmast is Quercus robur L. (synonym, Q. pedunculata Ehrh.). It is called in French chene rouvre or simply rouvre, and a forest of such poaks is called a rouvraie. The name of the forest of Rouvray, located on the left bank of the river Seine, as well as the names of the villages of Rouvray, Rouvre, Rouvrel, Rouvres, Rouvrois and Rouvroy are probably derived from the rouvre.
The last duke of the first House of Burgundy was Philippe de Rouvres (1346–1361). Pope Julius' II real name was Giuliano della Rovere; his canting arms, as shown by Neubecker, were azure an oak eracine or.
Željko Heimer, 2 July 2003

Sala Capriasca (until 31 December 2001)

Azure a tree issunat from a base vert between two goats argent rampant reguardant.
Željko Heimer, 2 July 2003

Tesserete (until 31 December 2001)

Per fess gules a semi goat rampant issuant argent crowned or and argent two bars gules.
Željko Heimer, 2 July 2003

Vaglio (until 31 December 2001)

Azure three bells argent each ensigned with a tau cross, an anchor and a mullet or respectively.
Željko Heimer, 2 July 2003

Vaglio has 3 churches, hence the presence of 3 bells on the flag. The Tau cross, the anchor and the star are the attributes of the patron saints of the churches, St. Anthony (S. Antonio), St. Clement (S. Clemente), St. Dominic (S. Domenico).
Pascal Gross, 1 July 2003