Argamasilla de Alba
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ARGAMASILLA DE ALBA
Region : Castilla-La Mancha
Province : Ciudad Real
Official blazon
Escudo cortado y medio partido (en realidad, medio partido y cortado). 1.º, de gules, la cruz de San Juan de Jerusalén o de Malta. 2.º, quince puntos de ajedrez de azur y plata (que es Toledo). 3.º, de azur, el yelmo de plata de Mambrino (en realidad, de oro, con espada y lanza cruzadas y acoladas al yelmo, todo de sable). Al timbre, corona ducal, evocadora de la Casa de Alba.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 19, 1974.
The fields of the coat of arms refer to the Order of Saint John -Malta- (argent cross on gules field) to the Duchy of Alba (azure and argent) and to Don Quixote (helmet, sword and spear). The village was a property of the Ducal House of Alba situated in the Lands of the Military Order of Saint John, and it is said that Miguel de Cervantes wrote his novel Don Quixote in a jail in this town in La Mancha.
A version shown in 1989:
Literature : Image from Wikipedia; Panizo Gómez, 1989