Los Silos

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LOS SILOS

Region : Canarias
Province : Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Official blazon

(1957) De plata, monte bosqueado rematado en su pico más alto de cruz llana de gules, superado de la Virgen de La Luz, acompañada de un castillo de oro y de un león de gules. En la falda del monte, tres bocas de sable simulando las entradas de otros tantos silos. Bordura de sinople, con cuatro racimos de plátanos de oro. Al timbre, corona real abierta.
(1989) escudo medio partido y cortado. Primero, de plata, la imagen de Nuestra Señora de La Luz en sus colores. Segundo, de oro, torre de sable mazonada y aclarada de plata. Tercero, de azur, montaña al natural, sumada de una cruz de sable, y al pie tres accesos excavados en la roca. Al timbre, corona real cerrada.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 22. 1989.

Virgin St. Mary of the Lights is the patron saint of the municipality. The tower is an image of an old fortress, known as El Torreón, having existed in old age on the municipalities territory in order to defend the shire against pirates from the 16th up to the 18th century. The mountain is the Aregume, and its entrances are the gates to the silos, having been carved out from the rock in order to preserve the wheat. These silos gave the municipality its name.

The previous arms were granted on October 9, 1957.

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