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Castildelgado (Municipality, Castilla y León, Spain)

Last modified: 2019-01-13 by ivan sache
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Presentation of Castildelgado

The municipality of Castildelgado (59 inhabitants in 2009; 495 ha; municipal website) is located 60 km of Burgos.

Castildelgado was originally named Villipún (10th century) / Villa de Pun; some four centuries ago, Viscount de Gil Delgado renamed the village Castildelgado (Delgado's Citadel). The citadel was indeed a main element of the defence line against the Muslim states and the other, rival Christian states.

Ivan Sache, 31 January 2011


Symbols of Castildelgado

The flag and arms of Castildelgado are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 25 April 2002 by the Municipal Council, signed the same day by the Mayor, and published on 10 May 2002 in the official gazette of Castilla y León, No. 88, pp. 6,251-6,252 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Quadrangular flag, with proportions 1:1. Red field charged with a blue bend fimbriated or, of 3/10 the flag's hoist. In the middle is placed the municipal coat of arms.
Coat of arms: Gules a bend azure fimbriated or three six-pointed, eight-pointed, and six-pointed stars of the same dexter a castle of Castile sinister in chief two scallops or and a lion rampant of the same langued and armed. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

The scallops recall that Castildelgado is located on the Way of St. James.

Ivan Sache, 31 January 2011