Municipality of Vallehermoso (La Gomera Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spa

Last modified: 2010-03-20 by eugene ipavec
Keywords: vallehermoso | la gomera | gomera (la) | crown: royal (closed) | boulder (white) | bowls: 11 (yellow) | gánigos: 11 (yellow) |
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images by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2010

See also:

• La Gomera Island (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Island and Municipal Flags (Canary Islands, Spain)

Description

The municipality of Vallehermoso's flag, ratio 2:3, is divided per bend into green and red with the coat of arms in its centre. The flag was adopted by Canarian Government on 3 october 1995, which had been published in BOC of 19 April 1996. I spotted this flag in front of a visitor’s centre in Garajonay National Park on 11 February 2010.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2010

images by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2010

The coat of arms's shield has a red bordure with eleven golden bowls, called “gánigos,” around a blue field charged with a silvery rock above green hills. The shield is topped by a royal crown. The bowls represent respect for pre-Hispanic traditions. The rock is an image of Roque Cano, which stands in the Garajonay National Park.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Mar 2010