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The municipality of Langa de Duero (823 inhabitants in 2010; 18,991 ha; unofficial website) is located in the southwest of Soria Province, on the border with the Burgos and Segovia Provinces, 90 km from Soria. The municipality is made of the villages of Langa de Duero (capital; 588 inh.), Alcozar (39 inh.), Bocigas de Perales (86 inh.), Valdanzo (55 inh.), Valdanzuelo (deserted) and Zayas de Torre (55 inh.).
Langa de Duero is believed to originate from the Celtiberian
settlement of Segontia Lanca, mentioned by Strabo. The tower of Langa
was built to watch river Duero and prevent Muslim raids. In 1086, King
Alfonso VI pardoned El Cid Campeador and offered him seven fortresses,
including the tower of Langa del Duero.
The Duke of Medinasidonia, half-brother of Queen Leonor of Castile and
brother of the Admiral of Castile, was once jailed in the tower by his
enemy Álvaro de Luna, owner of the tower since 1441; the local
tradition said he escaped using a rope kindly provided by the
villagers. The village subsequently belonged to the Count of Miranda.
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2011
The flag of Langa de Duero, approved by the Royal Academy of History,
is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 11 December 1995 by the Soria
Provincial Government, signed on 4
July 1996 by the President of the Government, and published on 16 July 1996 in the official gazette of
Castilla y León, No. 136 (text).
The flag is described
as follows:
Flag: Rectangular flag with three horizontal stripes, the upper stripe approximatively [sic] thrice each of the other ones, red with a crenelated white tower in the middle, the median stripe white and the lower stripe dark blue.
The coat of arms of Langa de Duero, approved by the Royal Academy of
History, is prescribed by a Decree adopted on 11 December 1995 by the
Soria Provincial Government, signed
on 4 July 1996 by the President of the Government, and published on 16 July 1996 in the official gazette
of Castilla y León, No. 136 (text).
The coat of arms is described
as follows:
Coat of arms: Divided into three parts, the upper left part showing a bunch of grapes with three spikes on a lead gray background, the upper right part showing on a red background a crenelated tower and the lower part showing a gray bridge over blue and lead waves on a blue background.
Ivan Sache, 30 April 2011