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This flag is used to represent the two cultural identities who share the administrative region: the castle for Castile and the lion for León. The lion design is attributed to Alfonso VII of León , [2] who became king of León and Castile in 1126.
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Jul 28, 2015 · Sergio Camero, translated by Santiago Dotor, 29 Mar 2002. This flag was not only the flag of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon but of all Castile, formed (in 1492) by the Kingdoms of Castile, Leon and Murcia, the Basque provinces, the Canary Islands and some cities in the northern coast of Africa.
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This flag is used to represent the two cultural identities who share the administrative region: the castle for Castile and the lion for León. The lion design is attributed to Alfonso VII of León, who became king of León and Castile in 1126.
The flag of Castile and León is quartered and contains the symbols of Castile and León, as described in the previous section. The flag will fly in all the centres and official acts of the Community, to the right of the Spanish flag.
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Symbols of the Kingdom. National Flag of the Kingdom. This flag is flown all over the Kingdom of Castile & Leon. It was adopted during the Reconquista when the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Leon where united. In 1922, after a military coup, this flag royal flag was replaced, but in 1924 in Cartagena de Indias, several overseas ...
The autonomous community of Castile-León was established on February 25, 1983, from the historic region of Old Castile. Area 36,381 square miles (94,226 square km). Pop. (2010 est.) 2,494,988. Castile-León, Spain. The terrain of Castile-León consists mainly of an undulating plateau with an average elevation of about 2,500 feet (760 metres).
In truth it was only called Crown of Castile, even though Leon was represented on the flag. The Crown emerged as the union of both kingdoms (Castile and León), but Castile was the one with the political and military power.
