The flag of Castile and León is quartered and contains the symbols of Castile and León, as described in the previous section. Likewise, the flag is described as follows: The second and third quartering: in a silver field, a rampant lion of purple, lingued, dyed and armed with gules, crowned with gold. The first and fourth quartering: in the field of gules, a merloned golden castle of three merlons, drafted of sable and rinse of azure. The coat of arms of Castile and León is a stamped shield by open royal crown, barracked in cross. In the articulated statuary, the coat of arms is defined as follows: Its legal protection is the same as that corresponding to the symbols of the State -whose outrages are classified as crime in article 543 of the Penal Code.

These are: the coat of arms, the flag, the banner and the anthem. The Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León, reformed for the last time in 2007, establishes in the sixth article of its preliminary title the symbols of the community's exclusive identity. Symbols of Castile and León in the cathedral of Burgos. UNESCO recognizes the Cortes of León of 1188 as the cradle of worldwide parliamentarism. The region contains eight World Heritage Sites. Chiefly comprising the northern half of the Inner Plateau, it is surrounded by mountain barriers (the Picos de Europa to the North, the Sistema Central to the South and the Sistema Ibérico to the East) and it is drained by the Douro River, flowing west toward the Atlantic Ocean. While a capital has not been explicitly declared, the seats of the executive and legislative powers are set in Valladolid by law and for all purposes that city (also the most populated municipality) serves as de facto regional capital.Ĭastile and León is a landlocked region, bordered by Portugal as well as by the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, La Rioja, Aragon, Castilla–La Mancha, the Community of Madrid and Extremadura. It is however sparsely populated, with a population density below 30/km 2. Formed by the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora, it is the largest autonomous community in Spain in terms of area, covering 94,222 km 2. l eɪ ˈ ɒ n/, US: /- ˈ oʊ n/ Spanish: Castilla y León ( listen) Leonese: Castiella y Llión Galician: Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in north-western Spain.

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