byAntonio Martins, 30 April 2000
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Flag andCoat of arms of the city of San José deCúcuta, capital of the department of Norte de Santander inColombia can be found at:http://www.cucuta.com/historia/general.htmtogether with info in Spanish
Jarig Bakker, 28 November 1999
From the Cucuta site, following Jarig's link:
FLAG : Recognised officially through the Decree #106, May 3rd19988 (???). On its second article it reads: "This flag willbear the same proportions as the national flag (Colombian flag)and it will consist of: two equally wide horizontal stripes;being the upper one black, as a symbol for the hidden riches ofour soil and the latent riches of our people; the lower one beingred, symbolising the blood shed by our independence martyrs, thesacrifice and tenacity of the rebuilders of the city, it willsport on its centre as a symbol of the union and continuitybetween the past and the future the coat of Arms of the City
COAT OF ARMS : Adopted by decree #032 on February the 3rd of1958. It's oblong and bears as motto the title granted to theCity by Cédula Real of the Emperor Carlos IV ["Much noble,brave and loyal city of San Jose de Cucuta"]. On thesuperior canton of the shield, a brown field, we find the Arms ofDoña Juana Rangel de Cuéllar, who founded the city the 17th ofJune, 1733. Her Arms were fleurs de lis shown as asps in argentand red. The lower canton bears the arms that by law of October6th, 1821, adopted the National Congress gathered at Villa delRosario for the Great Colombia [two upward looking cornucopias,blossomed with tropical fruits, and the fasces with theleft-facing ax; see theGreat ColombiaandtheColombia pages for more info]."
Guillermo Aveledo, 24 November 1999
byGuillermo Aveledo, 24 November 1999
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