City of Granada (Andalusia, Spain)

See also:

• Granada Province (Andalusia, Spain)
• Andalusia (Spain)
• Spain

A photo at www.granada.org shows the CoA with a scroll around it, unlike in our image.

Dov Gutterman, 23 Jun 2003

image by Joăo Madureira, 25 Aug 2003

I took this picture of the flags that fly atop one of the towers of the military part of the Alhambra in Granada. From right to left, City of Granada, Province of Andalucia, Spain, and European Union; the 3 first flags being the "state" version with the coats of arms.

The coat of arms present on the Granada flag is a simplified version (and with some different colouring I believe) of ones that could be seen for instance in bus stops... They show Ferdinand and Isabella on their thrones, in the base on two fields is a pomegranate and on the other a tower holding a flag, and a bordure of Castille and Leon, one of the "castilles" holding two white flags.

Joăo Madureira, 25 Aug 2003

This has some differences compared with our image: the shade of green is definitely medium, not light, there is no crown, the shield is samnitic, not iberic, the upper hald of the shield is azure, not vert and both bottom quarters are argent. This may be an unnofficial, incorrect or variant design, but it is nonetheless in use.

António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Aug 2003

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Aug 2003

Throughout the city there could be seen lots of flagpoles flying a simple undefaced red-green.

Joăo Madureira, 25 Aug 2003