Cogolludo is a municipality located in the
province of Guadalajara
Guadalajara () is a province of Spain, belonging to the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. As of 2013 it had a population of 257,723 people. The population of the province has grown in the last 10 years. It is located in the centre of ...
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Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It forms part of the
comarca
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of
La Serranía
La Serranía is a comarca located in the northwest of the Spanish province of Guadalajara. It extends for more than , with a rugged topography.
It features a large number of natural, historical, artistic, and ethnological items of interest. ...
and was the manorial home of the Dukes of Medinaceli. In 2015, it had a population of 600 inhabitants. The historic
Church of Santa María stands in the town.
Name and symbols
Its original name was ''Cugullent'', from the Latin ''cucullus'', which means "cap." This alludes to its location on a hill and to the crowding of its houses that mimics the appearance of a pineapple or bud. "Bud" would come to mean, according to other authors, "mound with a steep slope."
The municipal coat of arms - approved by decree on December 20, 1985 - is the following:
Cut: 1st and 4th part, made of gules, golden tower masoned with sable and clarified with gules; silver match the rampant lion of gules; 2nd and 3rd, of azure, three golden lyses, 2-1. At the top, royal crown closed.
-Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha No. 52 of December 31, 1985
The municipal flag is a cloth of 2:3 proportions of crimson red color with the municipal coat of arms in the center.
Notable people
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Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquis of la Laguna Tomás may refer to:
* Tomás (given name)
* Tomás (surname) Tomás is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, equivalent of ''Thomas''.
It may refer to:
* Antonio Tomás (born 1985), professional Spanish footballer
* Belarmino Tomás (1892–1950) ...
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Grandee of Spain
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References
File:Cogolludo Cathedral tower1.jpg, Church of Santa María
File:Cogolludo Ayuntamiento.jpg, Cogolludo municipal office
File:Cogolludo Iglesia de San Pedro2.jpg, San Pedro Church
File:Cogolludo Castillo.jpg, Ruins of the Castle of Cogolludo
Municipalities in the Province of Guadalajara
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