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Riogordo (Municipality, Andalusia, Spain)

Flag of Riogordo - Image from the Símbolos de Málaga website, 21 September 2016

Presentation of Riogordo
Symbols of Riogordo

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Presentation of Riogordo

The municipality of Riogordo (2,936 inhabitants in 2015; 4,100 ha; municipal website) is located 40 km north-east of Málaga.

Riogordo was resettled after the reconquest of the region by the Catholic Monarchs in 1487. The municipality was formally established in the first half of the 16th century.
The village is famous for the niches (hornacinas) keeping religious images, set up at the top of the houses, documented since the late 16th century. Thirteen such niches are still visible (photos).

Ivan Sache, 21 September 2016

Symbols of Riogordo

The flag of Riogordo (photo), adopted on 1 September 1989 by the Municipal Council and validated on 14 June 1991 by the Royal Academy of History, is prescribed by Decree No. 192, adopted on 15 October 1991 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 3 December 1991 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 106, p. 9,726 (text). This was confirmed by a Resolution adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Directorate General of the Local Administration and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text).
The flag is described as follows:

Flag: Rectangular panel, with three horizontal stripes, the upper, olive green, the central, yellow, and the lower, blue, in respective width 2/5, 1/5 and 2/5 of the flag's total width. Charged with the crowned municipal coat of arms placed close to the hoist at 1/3 of the flag's length.

The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed flag without "any objection".
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. 1991. 188:3, 572]

The coat of arms of Riogordo is prescribed by an Order adopted on 17 June 1986 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 26 June 1986 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 62, p. 2,280 (text). This was confirmed by a Resolution adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Directorate General of the Local Administration and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:

Coat of arms: Argent a four-arched bridge azure on waves azure and argent surmounted in the middle by a Latin cross or fimbriated sable surrounded by an olive tree vert and a mulberry of the same. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed [description skipped].

The Royal Academy of History validated the proposed arms, correcting the shape of the shield, proposed as oval, and some tinctures that were not compliant with the "no tincture on tincture" heraldic rule. The waves and the bridge are a straightforward reference to the name of the place [lit., Thick River]. THe cross recalls the popular devotion to the Passion. Olives and mulberries were the main sources of income of the village.
[Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia. 1986. 183:1, 132-133]

Ivan Sache, 21 September 2016