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Castilian Nationalist Parties (Spain)

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Introduction

According to Castilian nationalists, Castile is composed by the Spanish autonomical regions of Castile and Leon, Madrid, Castile-La Mancha, Cantabria and La Rioja.

Soman, 26 Mar 1998

Use of the Castile and Leon region flag

[Castile and Leon (Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez, taken with permission from the S.E.V. website, 15 Nov 2005

For many Castilian nationalists like me, the territories which compose Castile are the former regions of New and Old Castile, and Leon – inspired by the Federal Castilian Pact of 1869 and in the late 1970s by people like Claudio Sánchez Albornoz – and the flag of the Crown of Castile – or Castile and Leon flag – is the flag of Castile for us.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

Castile flag with crimson field

[Flag of Castile with a crimson field (Castile, Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez and Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

However many nationalists think Leon is not part of Castile – just Leon province, not Zamora or Salamanca – . For them, the Castilian flag is the one shown as pre-autonomical flag of Castile.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

Castile flag with red field

[Flag of Castile with a red field (Castile, Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez and Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

There are also Castilian regionalists who do not consider Leon, Zamora or Salamanca, nor in many cases Toledo, Albacete, Ciudad Real and not even Palencia and Valladolid – inspired by people like Anselmo Carretero – as part of Castile. For them, the Castilian flag is [the crimson one] or even a lighter red.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

Castile flag with purple field

[Flag of Castile with a purple field (Castile, Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez and Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

However, for all nationalists – not regionalists – the Commoners' purple banner is a Castilian flag too, and purple is considered by us the popular Castilian colour, while crimson or dark red is the historical Castilian colour. The reason of using this flag as a Castilian flag is that nowadays' nationalists are inspired by the Commoners, and consider the Battle of Villalar day – April 23, when the Commoners were defeated – as the National Day of Castile.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002

Flag with two castles and a lion

[Flag with two castles and a lion (Castile, Spain)]
image by Antonio Gutiérrez, Ignacio Munguía and Wikipedia User:Rastrojo, 01 Jul 2002 and 01 Jan 2010

There are other Castilian nationalist flags, like the 'two Castiles and Leon purple flag' which is not frequently used. I saw a very big model of this flag in the Castilian Left booth at Villalar day 2002.

Ignacio Munguía, 01 Jul 2002