La Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) 2015
Posted: 19 Aug 2015, 08:36
There was considerable interest in my daily posts about the heraldry of places associated with this year's Tour de France. So here goes with La Vuelta, Spain's annual cycling event, which starts on 22 August. Once again it will be "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" I guess.
The first stage will be from Puerto Banus to Marbella, both of which are situated in the Province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia.
Andalusia's "coat of arms" rates its own Wiki page, and needs it to try to explain the non-heraldic monstrosity that was created in 1918:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Andalusia
Málaga's arms are certainly heraldic, though scarcely beauteous. Oddly the (dexter) "view of the city and fortress with two saints hovering overhead" are the traditional arms of the city, granted in 1494, while the (sinister) "barry of twelve gules and or" are of much later date, assumed during the Republic, and have no apparent connection with the not-dissimilar arms of Aragon.
It is not clear to me (yet) whether the bordure, with its bows and sheaves of arrows, formed part of the original arms.
The city of Marbella's arms repeat the bow and arrows of the arms of Málaga, together with a castle and the sea, not particularly original for a coastal town, but the castle has an unusual design and the depiction of the sea is not the usual barry bendy argent and azure. If anyone can find the blazon and can translate it, that would be helpful.
The first stage will be from Puerto Banus to Marbella, both of which are situated in the Province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia.
Andalusia's "coat of arms" rates its own Wiki page, and needs it to try to explain the non-heraldic monstrosity that was created in 1918:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Andalusia
Málaga's arms are certainly heraldic, though scarcely beauteous. Oddly the (dexter) "view of the city and fortress with two saints hovering overhead" are the traditional arms of the city, granted in 1494, while the (sinister) "barry of twelve gules and or" are of much later date, assumed during the Republic, and have no apparent connection with the not-dissimilar arms of Aragon.
It is not clear to me (yet) whether the bordure, with its bows and sheaves of arrows, formed part of the original arms.
The city of Marbella's arms repeat the bow and arrows of the arms of Málaga, together with a castle and the sea, not particularly original for a coastal town, but the castle has an unusual design and the depiction of the sea is not the usual barry bendy argent and azure. If anyone can find the blazon and can translate it, that would be helpful.