Zamora, Spain, 1476-present Zamora is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of th
Zamora, Spain, 1476-present Zamora is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León at the Portuguese border. The eight red stripes stand for the victories of Viriato, a local Iberian leader who resisted to Roman annexation some 2000 years ago. The Catholic Kings, in reward for the heroic acts of the people of Zamora at the battle of Peleangonzalo or Toro in 1476, decorated the flag with the green stripe. Viriato is seen as a remote ancestor and national hero in Portugal, and some say his legendary hometown and its colours are the origin of nowadays Portuguese republican colours. -- source link
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