Municipality of Santiago del Teide (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands

Ilustrísimo Ayuntamiento de Villa de Santiago del Teide

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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007

• Description
• Former Flag
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Tenerife Island (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Canary Islands (Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Symbols of the Canary Islands by José Manuel Erbez

According to Heraldica Institucional de Canarias, the new flag of Santiago del Teide is dark blue (FIAV-code B+). In its centre is a red cross of St. Jacob (Santiago), also denoted as a sword. The cross of St. Jacob has a heart at top end, a point at its bottom end and two lilies (fleurs de lys) at left and right. The cross is surrounded by 9 white pyramids, symbolizing 9 islands.

The flag was granted according to Heraldica Institucional de Canarias by order of the President of the Canary islands council on 3 December 1991 (Otorgamiento de Bandera: Consejería de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias. Orden de 3 de diciembre de 1991) and later published in BOC on the 13 January 1992.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007

Flag adopted in 1991.

Source: "El Día"

Ivan Sache, 07 Aug 2008

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2007

A plain white flag with the coat of arms in its centre.

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007

The coat of arms is a quarterly divided shield. In the first quarter is a golden wine grape in a blue field; in the second one is a red pot in a silver (white) field; in the third one is a green cactus bush in a silver (white) field; in the fourth one is a golden (yellow) anchor with chain in a blue field. The shield has a golden inescutcheon with a cross of St.James (Span.: Santiago), who gave the municipality its name. The shield has a red border with nine silver (white) islands, i.e. white triangles. The shield is topped by a coronet. Beneath the shield is a ribbon with an inscription "Villa de Santiago del Teide." I spotted this flag on 30 January 2007 in the Military Museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Apr 2007

• The 1st quarter symbolizes the settlements of El Mollede, Las Manchas, Valle de Arriba and El Retamar, in which there is viticulture, which had great importance also in the past.
• The 2nd quarter symbolizes the settlement of Arguayo, famous for its pottery, being an aboriginal artcraft of the Guanches.
• The cactus symbolizes the settlement of Tamaimo, where there are many cactuses of that kind.
• The anchor is a symbol of the coastal region, especially Puerto de Santiago.
• The St. Jacob's cross within the inescutcheon is an allusion to the municipality's name...
• ...as are the triangular silhouettes on the bordure; their number is the total number of the municipality's settlements.
• The coronet is an allusion to the Counts of Siete Fuentes for having been the local rulers.

Source: Simbolos De Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Mar 2008