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FLAG(or "Flagge," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English), a piece of bunting or similar material, admitting of various shapes and colours, and waved in the wind from a staff or cord for use in display as a standard, ensign or signal. The word...
The six Coat of Arms represent the six different Kingdoms of Spain which are the "Kingdom of Castile" (the gold castle), the "Kingdom of Leon" (the red lion), the "Kingdom of Aragon" (the red and yellow stripes), the "Kingdom of Navarre" (the golden chain link), the "Kingdom...
In 1469, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon married which united the two kingdoms and formed the Catholic monarchs supreme power. This union marked the beginning of the golden age of Spain. In 1492, Isabella and Ferdinand reconquered Granada from the Arabs which resulted in Spain’s ...
The northern Meseta Central, which has an average elevation of 2,300 feet (700 metres), corresponds to the tablelands, or plateau, of Castile and León, although it is in fact a basin surrounded by mountains and drained by the Douro (Duero) River. The southern Meseta Central (the Meseta...
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History This is a chronologically ordered list of monarchs ofSpain, including the medieval kingdoms ofAsturias,Leon,Castile,Galicia, andAragon. This article was most recently revised and updated byNaomi Blumberg....