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The municipality of Santa Cruz de Moya (227 inhabitants in 2018; 11,075 ha) is located on the border with the Province of Teruel (Aragón) and the Valencian Community, 110 km east of Cuenca.
Ivan Sache, 2 July 2019
The flag of Santa Cruz de Moya is prescribed by an Order issued on 27
August 1991 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and published on 30
August 1991 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha, No. 66, pp.
3,085-3,086 (text).
The flag is described as follows:
Flag: Recalling the essence of the coat of arms of the municipality. Quadrangular, red, with a yellow quadrangle, whose points are the centers of the flag's borders, which has four vertical red stripes.
The Royal Academy of History found "nothing to oppose" to the proposed
flag. The text in the Decree is a verbatim copy of the Academy's report.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 188:2, 380. 1991]
The coat of arms of Santa Cruz de Moya is prescribed by Decree No. 59,
issued on 27 May 1986 by the Government of Castilla-La Mancha and
published on 3 June 1986 in the official gazette of Castilla-La Mancha,
No. 22, pp. 875-876 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Gules a quadrangular escutcheon or charged with four pallets gules surrounded by two palms or crossed in base. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.
The Royal Academy of History approved the proposed arms "without any
inconvenience". The arms reflect the historical and geographical reality
of the place, on the border with the Kingdom of Aragón.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 183:3, 532. 1986]
Ivan Sache, 2 July 2019
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St. Blasius Day's flag - Image by Ivan Sache, 2 July 2019
The village's festival, celebrated on St. Blasius Day, includes a "flag
dance" featuring a flag quartered golden yellow and dark red by a light
green saltire charged in the center by a golden yellow disc.
[Las Noticias de Cuenca, 31 January 2016]
Ivan Sache, 2 July 2019