La Rioja (Spain)

Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja

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Colours according to the 1985 Manual de Identidad Corporativa (Corporate Identity Handbook)
by António Martins

• Official flag
• Coat-of-Arms
• Discussion on the top stripe colour
• Former Province of Logroño
• Municipal Flags:
  • City of Quel

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• Spain

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by Antonio Gutiérrez, taken with permission from the S.E.V. website

by Antonio Gutiérrez, taken with permission from the S.E.V. website

I recall having read something about the upper stripe standing for the famous Rioja wine.

António Martins, 2 October 1998

According to Calvo and Grávalos 1983, the red stripe certainly intends to be Rioja red wine coloured, ie. dark red.

Santiag