This weathervane was photographed in Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain.
This weathervane is located on the ayuntamiento (town hall) of the village of Miraflores de la Sierra, in the province of Madrid, Spain. The weathervane is the painted and gilded coat of arms for the village. There are no cardinal points, but there is a lightning rod and a very fancy wrought iron globe.
When Vincent was a boy he would spend his summers in Miraflores with his grandparents and cousins. The main square is called Plaza del Alamo, after a famous poplar tree in the middle of the square. It is in the mountains, about 50 kilometers from Madrid.
This little village has grown today to almost six thousand inhabitants. We recently visited here and it was very nostalgic for Vincent and his cousin to remember the streets as they were when they were kids!
For the truly curious:
Wikipedia article for Miraflores de la Sierra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraflores_de_la_Sierra
The Facebook page for the Ayuntamiento Miraflores de la Sierra https://www.facebook.com/AyuntamientoMirafloresdelaSierra/
Previous blog posts about the village of Miraflores:
2010 https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/12/not-so-wordless-wednesday-miraflores-de.html
2019 https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/06/photo-friday-miraflores-de-la-sierra.html
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Town Hall at Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain - Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 2, 2022, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-town-hall-at-miraflores-de-la.html: accessed [access date]).
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