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Flag of Barchín del Hoyo - Image by Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019
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The municipality of Barchín del Hoyo (87 inhabitants in 2018; 6,525 ha; municipal website) is located 60 km south of Cuenca.
Barchín del Hoyo is the place of the Iberian site of Fuente de la Mota.
Excavated since 2008 by the archeologist Antonio Madrigal, this is the
first Iberian site open to visit in the Province of Cuenca. The
fortified settlement was protected by a double ditch cut in the rocks
and a monumental wall defended by a big tower and a smaller one at its ends.
Dated to the 4th century BC, the town was connected to iron extraction
from the local mines.
[SER Castilla-La Mancha, 23 January 2017]
After the Christian reconquest, Barchín del Hoyo was incorporated to the Council of Alarcón until granted the status of villa on 15 January 1477 by the Catholic Monarchs.
Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019
The flag of Barchín del Hoyo iis prescribed by an Order issued on 13
August 1998 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 21
August 1998 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 38, p. 6,462 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Rectangular in proportions 2:3, vertically divided in six stripes in proportional, respective width 2:1:2:2:1:2, in turn red and white, starting from the hoist.
The coat of arms of Barchín del Hoyo is prescribed by an Order issued on
13 August 1998 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on
21 August 1998 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 38, p.
6,462 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules a pillory argent, 2. Argent a terracotta vase gules. The shield surmounted by a Spanish Royal crown.
The pillory (disappeared long ago), the Town Hall, the parish church and
some houses were built in the late 15th century, using stones from the
Iberian citadel and neighboring quarries.
Local veins of kaolin prompted the set up of several pottery workshops
in the village, some of them being active until the end of the 20th century.
[Municipal website]
Ivan Sache, 11 June 2019