ESTADOS
MEXICANOS
Mexico
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At an early stage of spanish occupation of
the Aztec Empire and other central american regions several spanish
settlements were granted the privileges of a town and at the same time a coat
of arms which was used within the territory under their jurisdiction. For
other bodies of spanish administration the royal arms and achievement was
used. Many of the civic coats of arms were abolished in Mexico after
independence and the law about the national emblem of 1824 provided that all
administrative bodies had to use the national symbol on documents and seals.
This regulation however was often ignored in the course of time and new and
old emblems sprang up in the 19th century until in 1880 a circular letter of
the secretary of state put and end to this practice. After the establsihment of the United
States of Mexico several states adopted a coat of arms of their own, and
sometimes the coat of arms of the capital was upgraded to the arms of the
state. This went at the end of the twentieth century so far that all states
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The
city of Tenochtitlan was founded by the Aztecs in 1325. In 1519, the
Spaniards under Hernán Cortés arrived in what is now Mexico and soon conquered
Tenochtitlan. Friction between the Aztecs and the Spaniards soon erupted into
violence. This culminated in the eventual siege and destruction of
Tenochtitlan, and with it, the Aztec Empire. Afterwards the Spaniards rebuilt
Tenochtitlan, renaming it Mexico City. Being the capital of the spanish
viceroyalty of New Spain the city was ruled directly by its viceroys. After
the war of independence, Mexico City was captured by U.S. forces during the
Mexican-American War and saw violence during the Reform War and the French
Intervention as well as the Mexican Revolution. In the Aztec era the hierglyph for
Tenochtitlan was a prickly pear on a rock. On it, according to legend, an
eagle landed indicating the place where the Aztecs should settle. Later the place
was the centre from where the Aztec Empire developed into the most powerful
state in central America.
The
hieroglyph for Tenochtitlan/Mexico In the Codex Osuna, 1565, p. 34. After the fall of Tenochtitlan on 13
August 1521 a coat of arms was granted to the city, now called Mexico, by
royal warrant dated Valladolid, 4 July 1523. It is:
Arms granted to the city of Mexico by
Emperor Charles I, 1523. [1] Arms: A tower Or, rising from a lake, amidst three bridges, supported by two
lions standing on them, all proper, within a bordure Or, charged with ten
leaves of the nopal cactus, proper. The grant reads: [2]
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In the
Bourbon era (1713-1821) the arms of Mexico suffered some changes. First, the bordure
with the nopal leaves were omitted and the Mexican Eagle perched on the nopal
cactus was added on top of the tower. Also, the three bridges were reduced to
one with three vaults. Later, in the time of king Charles III, Charles IV and
Ferdinand VII the arms of 1523 were restored and supporters and an imperial
crown were added
Arms of
Mexico on a medal, 1760
Achievement of Mexico in the time of
king Charles III (1759-’88) |
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Achievement of Mexico in the time of
king Charles IV, 1789.
Achievement of Mexico in the time of
Ferdinand VII (1808-’21) In the time of the first and second mexican republics the arms seem to
have been abandoned altogether because it was proclaimed that the national
emblem of Mexico had to be used by all administratibe instances and bodies.
Probably an exception was made during the second Empire
Arms of Mexico. 2nd Empire (?) |
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Seal of Mexico DF 1880-1905 |
Seal of Mexico DF 1936-‘68 |
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After 1968 the ancient arms of Mexico were restored again. Also,
recently a modern logo was
designed.
Present arms of Mexico DF
Logo of Mexico DF on a white and on a
black background |
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The state
of Lower California (Baja California) was founded in 1953. A coat of arms was
presented on 24 February 1956 to the Direction of Civil and Cultural Action of
the new state. As this design was not to their liking a new coat of arms was
presented which was adopted on 27 September 1956. [3] The arms are:
Arms: On the dexter a representation of
agriculture and on the sinister a representation of industry; in chief the upper parts of two human
figures, the dexter a female with the attributes of chemistry,
the sinister a male with a book, making an electrical discharge with their
touching hands; in base the
inhospitable desert and the River Colorado, rising therefrom a missionary
with open arms, between two stylized waves with two fishes jumping. Crest: A rising sun inscribed TRABALHO Y
JUSTICIA SOCIAL (Work and Social Justice) |
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Baja California
Sur (South Lower California) became a state on October 8, 1974. Before the
area was known as the South Territory
of Baja California. The arms of the
state are the arms granted to California by Antonio de Mendoza, the first
viceroy of New Spain (1535-’50).[4] It appeared for the first time in 1846
on a banner hoisted in Los Angeles made by Margarita Bandini. When California was ceded to the U.S. by
Treaty of Guadalupe in 1848 the arms became obsolete. The arms
were readopted for Baja California Sur by law of 10 November 1975, art. 64, section
3°.
The arms are: Arms: Per pale, Gules and Or, a scallop (of S. James) Argent, within a
bordure Azure, four fishes Argent. |
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The state of
Campeche was formed in 1862 and is named after its capital San Francisco de
Campeche, founded 1540.
A coat of arms was granted to the city of San Francisco de Campeche by
king Charles III in 1777. These arms were also adopted for the State of
Campeche The arms are: Arms: Quarterly, 1&4 Gules a tower
Or; 2&3. Azure, a galleon in full sail on waves of the sea Or. And a
bordure Azure Crown: A royal crown |
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The arms of
Chiapas were granted to the city of San Cristóbal de los Llanos de Chiapa by royal
warrant of 1 March 1535 of king Charles I, after a request of the authorized
attorney Juan Méndez de Sotomayor as a reward for the merits and sufferings
of the spaniards during the conquest and colonizations of the province of
Chiapas. They are: Arms: Gules, a cleft between to rocks, proper, on top the the dexter rock a
castle Or supported by a lion rampant proper, on top of the sinister rock a
palm-tree supported by another lion rampant proper. Crown: The crown of a marquess The royal
warrant reads: ARMAS PARA LA
VILLA DE CHIAPA. Don
Carlos, etc. Por cuanto Juan Méndez de Sotomayor, en nombre del Concejo,
Justicia, Regidores, caballeros, escuderos, oficiales y homes buenos de la
villa de San Cristóbal de los Llanos, que es en la provincia de Chiapa, nos
hizo relación que los vecinos é conquistadores de la dicha villa, en la
conquista é pacificación de aquella provincia, pasaron muchos peligros y
trabajos, poniendo sus personas
á mucho peligro y riesgo, y que habiendo conquistado la mayor parte de la
dicha provincia, los indios naturales de ella se retrayeron á una sierra que
está cerca de la dicha villa, por medio de la cual pasa un rio muy grande,
cabdaloso, que se dice el rio de Chíapa, el cual entra en ciertas cuevas que
hay en la dicha sierra, donde los dichos indios se recogían é hacian fuertes
para su defensa, á las cuales no se puede entrar si no es por el dicho rio,
por ser la dicha sierra peña tajada de ambas partes y no haber otro camino
para entrar en ciertas cuevas que en ella hay, donde los dichos indios
mataron muchos españoles é indios amigos; é que después de haber los dichos
vecinos conquistadores pacificado los dichos indios y traidoles de paz, se
tornaron á alzar y rebelar contra Nos y nuestra Corona real, y se hicieron
fuertes en la mitad de una de las dichas peñas, y que para los ofender no
tenian otra entrada, salvo por encima de la dicha peña, y que para ello
bajaban de lo más alto de la dicha peña hasta donde estaban los dichos
indios, ocho ó diez estados, con cuerdas y otros arteficios, y que de esta
manera los tomaron á pacificar é traer á nuestra obediencia, como agora lo
están; é nos suplicó é pidió por merced mandásemos señalar armas á la dicha
villa, según é como las tienen las otras cibdades é villas de las nuestras Indias,
ó como la nuestra merced fuese; y Nos, acatando los trabajos é peligros que
los dichos vecinos é conquistadores é pobladores de la dicha villa han pasado
en la conquista y población de ella, hubimoslo por bien, y por la presente
hacemos merced y queremos y mandamos que agora, é de aquí adelante, la dicha
villa de San Cristóbal de los Llanos haya é tenga por sus armas conoscidas un
escudo, dentro de él dos sierras, por medio de las cuales pase un rio, y
encima de una de las dichas sierras, á la mano derecha, esté un castillo de
oro y un león rapante, arrimado á él, y por encima de la otra sierra, á la
mano izquierda, salga una palmera con su fruta, con otro león rapante,
arrimado asimismo á ella, en memoria de la advocación del glorioso Señor San
Cristóbal, todo ello en campo colorado, según que aquí van figuradas y
pintadas, etc. Dada en Madrid á 1.° de Marzo de 1535. [5]
The
1619 version of friar Antonio de Remesal The first representation of the arms appeared in 1619 in the Historia General de las Indias
Occidentales y Particular de la Gobernación de Chiapa y Guatemala of
friar Antonio de Remesal. Here the sinister lion is passant instead of rampant.
From 1619 until
1825 the arms remained unchanged. After the proclamation
of Independence in 1821 and the Republic of Mexico (1824) the arms were
abolished by decree of 1826 of President Guadalupe Victoria. Instead, the
emblem of the Republic had to be used, surrounded by a legend of the name of
the authority. After 1892, when the capital was moved from San Cristóbal de
Las Casas to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the arms were silently readopted as the emblem
of the state of Chiapas, be it with small differences: The tower
became a part of a castle, the mountains were depicted as steep rocks, the
lions were represented more realistically and the crown of a marquess was
modernized. The blue and golden frame, badge of nobility, was omitted. |
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The arms of the
state of Chihuahua were adopted by the Congress of State on 20 January 1983.
It is the same as the arms of the city of Chihuahua designed by Don José
María Ponce de León and painted by Raúl López on the walls of the Ministry of
Public Education in Mexico DF. The motto however is adapted by changing the original
motto from SN PHE EL RL. DE CHIH.,
into ESTADO
Ð CHIH . The arms are:
Arms: Tierced per fess arched, surrounded and separated by leaves of laurel,
the chief Azure, the mountains El Coronel charged with a mining windlass, the
Santa Rosa charged with an aquaduct and Grande charged with a honey mezquite
(Prosopis glandulosa - Fabaceae)
proper; the fess chequy Argent and Gules 2Î8 the bust of
a conquistador on the dexter
and the bust of a tarahumara-indian on the sinister, respecting, Argent;
the base Azure the front of Chihuahua cathedral Or. Motto: ESTADO
Ð CHIH VALENTIA LEALTAD HOSPITALIDAD (Courage Loyalty Hospitality) in white lettering
on a red bordure of the shield. In the arms the
chequy symbolizes the votes pro and contra the founding of the city of
Chihuahua in 1709 which ended undecided. |
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On the request of Vito Alessio
Robles, the governor of Coahuila, Benecio López Padilla submissed a
legislative proposal about the adoption of a coat of arms which was approved
on 23 October 1942.
The arms are: Arms: Tierced per point arched, the first
Argent, a tree in a meadow charged with two wolves with their preys passant
proper (Nueva Vizcaya); the second Or, a pile wrapped with a ribbon inscribed
PLUS ULTRA, supported by a lion rampant proper (Badajoz); the third a landscape representing
Coahuila which means ‘wooded’, with its river Monclova and a sun radiant in
its zenith proper. Motto: COAHVILA
DE ZARAGOZA
in white lettering on a golden frame. The ams of Nueva Vizcaya refers to the fact that Coahuila was a part
of Nueva Vizcaya since 1787. The sun radiant commemorates that the Mexican revolution started in
Coahuila |
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The
arms are: Arms: Argent the precolumbian hieroglyph
for ‘arm’ proper, and a bordure Gules. Crest: A bunch of feathers Garland: Of hibiscus-flowers, conches of the
Giant Wingsnail (Stromus gigas - Strombidæ) and jaguars
(Pantera onca - Felidae), in base
the Colima volcano charged with a palm-tree, all proper Motto: EL TEMPLE DEL BRAZO ES VIGOR EN LA TIERRA (The state of the arm is the force on earth) |
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The region
of present Durango was explored by the spaniards in 1531 on an expedition of Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán.
He was followed by Francisco de Ibarra who founded the city of Durango and
named the region after is birthplace Vizcaya in Spain Nueva Vizacaya. This
included the present states of Chihuahua and Durango and some parts of
Sonora, Sinaloa and Coahuila. The region was under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia de Guadalajara (Royal Court of Justice of
Guadalajara). By
the Bourbon Reforms of 1777 the north of the vice kingdom was made the Comandancia General de las Provincias
Internas (General Command of the Provinces of the Interior) having an autonomous
court of justice, administration and treasury. The
arms of New Vizacaya (latin: Nova
Cantabria) were: Arms: Argent, an oak tree on a hill
proper charged with two wolves passant with their preys Or. Crown: A roya crown Garland: Palm leaves The
oak tree is the holy oak of Guernica, the national symbol of
the Basque people. The oak and wolves are on many navarrese and vizcayan
arms. [6] The
arms of Nueva Vizcaya were re-adopted unchanged by the state of Durango.
The arms of
Nueva Vizcaya on a medal of king Charles IV, 1790
Arms of
Nueva Vizcaya, present State of Durango |
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The arms of the State of Guanajuato are the arms of the
city of the same name. The
settlement of the Royal Mines of Guanajuato was founded in 1546 by order of
the viceroy Antonio de Mendoza. Later the settlement was called Santa Fe de Minas de Guanajuato by the
first mayor Preafán de Rivera, elected in 1574. On 26 October 1679 the title
of Villa de Santa Fe y Real Minas de
Guanajuato was granted and in 1741 the qualification Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Santa Fe y Real Minas de Guanajuato.
By constitution of 1824 the city was made the Ciudad Capital del Estado Libre e Soberano de Guanajuato (The
Capital of the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato).
At an uncertain moment the coat of arms was granted. It is: Arms: Or, Santa Fe de la Granada vested in a long
white dress and a blue mantle with red lining. In her right hand a
chalice-and-host an in her left hand a latin cross. Crown: Of three flowers and two walls The arms as illustrated here have red, blue and yellow lambrequines, a
garland of palm-leaves and a scallop for exterior ornaments and is placed on
a socle.
Medal
struck at the occasion of the
proclamation of king Charles IV, 1790 This medal proves that the arms were in any case known in 1790. On it
is a royal crown with infulae symbolizing religious royal authority and around it is a garland of
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Until the adoption of the first coat of arms for
Guerrero on 2 August 1949 the national arms were used. The present arms were
adopted by Decree n° 41 of 20 December
1951 and published in the Periódico Oficial N° 1, dd. 02.01.1952. They are:
Arms: Azure, a Jaguar warrior with club and shield, the shield irregularly fessy
Gules, Vert, Argent and Or, attached to its lower rim nine feathers of the
colors. Crest: An indian headdress of eleven feathers of the colors making the toltec
hieroglyph for Acatl (reed) Frame: Bordures Vert, Gules and Or, the Or engrailed The indian
headdress has an adapted shape of the glyph acatl meaning 13 or reed:
Acatl The Jaguar
warrior was the highest ranking warrior of the nahua military hierarchy. The spots on the jaguar skin are a
symbol of Tezcatlipoca, lord of the night. The first arms,
adopted by decree n° 31 of 2 August 1949 and published in the Peródico
Oficial del Estado were of a more 19th century naturalistic style. They
showed:
Arms of Guerrero State, 1949-‘51 Arms: General
Vicente Guerrero with the Mexican national banner in his right and a machete
in his left, standing in a landscape all proper. Crest:
The bust of a Jaguar wearrior with his club proper. Garland:
Branches of laurel and olive Motto: MI PATRIA
ES PRIMERO ( My Fatherland First). |
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The arms were designed at the occasion of the first
centenary of the State of Guerrero and were the result of a contest organized
by governor gen. Baltazar R. Leyva Mancillo, on 29 April 1949. [7] Å Gen. Vicente
Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (1782-1831). [8] |
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The coat of
arms of the state of Hidalgo was designed by the Diego
Rivera in 1922 using an idea of José Vasconcelos.
Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo It is: Arms:
Per fess, the chief Azure, a mountain Vert betweena church bella and a
phrygian cap decorated with three branches of laurel proper; in base a
military drum between three drill holes 2 &1 proper. Supporters:
The banners of the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe and of the
Mexican Republic in saltire Motto:
Estado Libre y Soberano de Hidalgo |
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The arms of the
State of Jalisco are the arms of the city of Guadelajara. Guadelajara was
founded on the location of Nochistlán (Zacatecas) by the conquistador Jesús Alejandro in 1532. Later it was moved to other locations
until at last it was moved to the present location in Atemajac valley. On 25
January 1539 a request was adressed to king Charles I to grant the settlement
the privileges of a town. The request was honoured by royal warrant of 8
November 1539 together with a coat of arms. This was: Arms: Azure, a pine tree supported by two lions proper, within a bordure Or,
seven crosses saltire Gules. Crest: A banner Gules.
The royal
warrant reads: PARA LA
CIUDAD DE GUADALAJARA, DE LA PROVINCIA DE GALICIA DE LA NUEVA ESPAÑA. Don Carlos, etc. Por cuanto Santiago de Aguirre, en
nombre del Concejo, Justicia, Regidores, caballeros, escuderos, oficiales é
ornes buenos de la ciudad de Guadalajara, que es en la provincia de Galicia
de la Nueva España, nos hizo relación que los vecinos de la dicha ciudad
pasaron muchos peligros y trabajos, ansí en la conquista é pacificación del
la como de todos los otros pueblos de la dicha provincia, é nos suplicó
mandásemos señalar armas á la dicha ciudad, segund y como las tienen las
otras cibdades é villas de las nuestras Indias, ó como la nuestra merced
fuese; é Nos, acatando los trabajos é peligros que los dichos vecinos é
conquistadores é pobladores de la dicha ciudad han pasado en la conquista y
población della, tovímoslo por bien; é por la presente hacemos merced y
queremos y mandamos que agora, é de aquí adelante, la dicha ciudad de
Guadalajara haya y tenga por sus armas conoscidas un escudo, dentro dos
leones de su color, puestos en salto, y arrimadas las manos á un pino de oro,
realzado de verde, en campo azul, y por orla siete aspas coloradas en campo
de oro, y por timble un yelmo cerrado, y por devisa una bandera verde con una
cruz de Jherusalen de oro, puesta en una vara de lanza, con sus trascoles y
dependencias á follages de azul y oro, segund que aqui van pintadas y
figuradas, etc. Dada en Madrid á 8 de Noviembre de 1539. Yo el
Rey.
[9] On 7 November
1989 at the occasion of the 450th birthday of the city the Congress of the
State of Jalisco decreed that the coat of arms of Guadalajara should be its
arms. This was confirmed by art 2 of the Law about the arms of the State of
Jalisco of 2004. The law reads: [Al margen
un sello que dice: Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco. Poder Ejecutivo.
Secretaría General de Gobierno. Estados Unidos Mexicanos.] Lic. Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, Gobernador
Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco, a los habitantes del
mismo hago saber; que por conducto de la Secretaría del H. Congreso de esta
Entidad Federativa, se me ha comunicado el siguiente decreto NÚMERO 20774.- EL CONGRESO DEL ESTADO DECRETA: SE CREA LA LEY SOBRE EL ESCUDO DE ARMAS DEL ESTADO
DE JALISCO ARTÍCULO ÚNICO.- se crea
la Ley Sobre el Escudo de Armas del Estado de Jalisco, para quedar como
sigue: CAPÍTULO I Disposiciones
Generales Artículo 1.- La
presente ley es de orden e interés público y tiene por objeto regular las
características, uso, difusión y reproducción del escudo oficial y
representativo del Estado de Jalisco. Artículo 2.- El
Escudo de Armas de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, capital del Estado de Jalisco,
que representa la historia, costumbres, idiosincrasia y valores del pueblo de
Jalisco; además de los colores azul y oro, se consideran representativos y
oficiales del Estado de Jalisco. Artículo 3.- El
Escudo de Armas es insignia heráldica o distintivo propio de: El
Estado de Jalisco; Los
poderes Legislativo, Ejecutivo y Judicial del Estado, añadiendo bajo el
Escudo la referencia textual del Poder de que se trate; y Las
demás entidades públicas del Estado, sin que se pueda agregar o adjuntar
cualquier otra palabra o figura; únicamente lo señalado en la fracción
anterior y la referencia de la administración en turno. Artículo 4.- El
Escudo de Armas se compone por las siguientes características particulares: Presenta
la parte inferior redondeada y con abundantes trasoles que rodean el emblema en
ambos flancos, abarcando desde la parte superior hasta casi llegar a la base
del escudo; Dentro
del escudo se encuentran dos leones de su color puestos en salto, arrimadas
las manos a un pino de oro realzado de verde, en campo azul, orla de siete
aspas coloradas y el campo de oro; y Por
timbre un yelmo cerrado y por divisa una bandera colorada con una cruz de
Jerusalén de oro, puesta en una vara de lanza, con trasoles, dependencias y
follajes de azul y oro. [etc] Emitido en Palacio de Gobierno, sede del Poder
Ejecutivo del Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco, a los 16 dieciséis días del
mes de noviembre de 2004 dos mil
cuatro. [etc] [10] |
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A coat of arms for the state of Mexico was adopted by decree of 9 April 1941
and was published in the Gaceta de Gobierno del estado de México of the following 16th of the same
month. It was designed by prof. Pastor Velázquez and it was:
The arms of 1941-‘77 Arms: Per fess, the chief per pale: 1. The
Sun Temple of Teotihuacan, the Xinantécatl volcano in chief, the Aztec
toponym for Toluca in base; 2. A cannon firing and the place where the Battle
of the Mount of the Crosses (Monte de
las Cruces) took place on 30 October 1810; 3. In fess point a sun Gules
itas ray Or reaching over the third quarter down to the base of a field with
15 maize-shoots, charged with an open book on which are a cogwheel, a sickle,
a spade, a pickaxe and a distillation column in saltire. Crest: The Mexican Eagle perched on a nopal on
the bridge of the arms of Mexico D.F. Motto: LIBERTAD TRABAJO CVLTVRA (Liberty, Work, Culture) and 18 bees in
chief Or, on a bordure around the shield Gules In 1977 the arms were changed:
The arms of 1977-‘1995 |
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The emblem in fess point |
Arms: Per fess, the chief per pale: 1. The
Sun Temple of Teotihuacan, the Xinantécatl volcano in chief, the Aztec
toponym for Toluca facing to the sinister in base; 2. A cannon firing and the
place where the Battle of the Mount of the Crosses (Monte de las Cruces) took place on 30 October 1810; 3. In fess
point furrows radiating from the Aztec toponym for México and reaching over
the third quarter down to the base of a field with 15 maize-shoots, charged
with an open book on which are a cogwheel,
a sickle, a spade, a pickaxe and a distillation column in saltire. Crest: The emblem of the U.S. of Mexico. Motto: I. LIBERTAD TRABAJO
CVLTVRA (Liberty, Work, Culture) and 18 bees in chief Or, on a bordure around
the shield Gules. II. METZTLI APAN / ESTADO DE MÉXICO separated by a
circle charged with three arrows radiating Gules, on a ribbon Or. |
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In 1995 the arms were changed again by omitting
the second motto: |
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The emblem in fess point |
Arms: Per fess, the chief per pale: 1. The
Sun Temple of Teotihuacan, the Xinantécatl volcano in chief, the Aztec
toponym for Toluca facing to the dexter in base; 2. A cannon firing and the
place where the Battle of the Mount of the Crosses (Monte de las Cruces) took place on 30 October 1810; 3. In fess
point furrows radiating from the Aztec toponym for México and reaching over
the third quarter down to the base of a field with 15 maize-shoots, charged
with an open book on which are a cogwheel,
a sickle, a spade, a pickaxe and a distillation column in saltire. Crest: The emblem of the U.S. of Mexico. Motto: LIBERTAD TRABAJO
CVLTVRA (Liberty, Work, Culture) and 18 bees in chief Or, on a bordure around
the shield Gules. Æ See illustration in
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The city
of Michoacan was granted a coat of arms in 1553. It was: Arms: A lagoon with a church of St. Peter and Paul
on a spit of land and three other spits of land in the lagoon, all proper. These arms
were represented as follows:
‘ESTAS SON LAS ARMAS QUE DIO EL REY A LA CIUDAD E MICHOACAN’[11] The grant
reads: ARMAS PARA LA CIUDAD DE
MECHÜACAN. Don Carlos, etc. Por
cuanto Juan de Oribe, en nombre de la cibdad de Mechuacan, nos ha hecho relación
que los vecinos y moradores de la dicha cibdad é indios della nos han servido
como buenos y leales vasallos, é nos suplicó que, acatando lo susodicho,
mandásemos señalar armas á la dicha cibdad, según y como las tenian las otras
cibdades y villas de las nuestras Indias, ó como la nuestra merced fuese; é
Nos, acatando lo susodicho, tovimoslo por bien, y por la presente hacemos
merced y queremos y mandamos que agora y de aquí adelante la dicha cibdad de
Mechuacan haya y tenga por sus armas conocidas un escudo que haya en él una
laguna de agua de su color con una iglesia sobre un peñol, que es la
advocación de Sant Pedro y Sant Pablo, y cerca de la dicha laguna otros tres
peñoles, según que aquí va pintado y ñgurado en un escudo atal como éste,
etc. Dada en Valladolid á 21 de Julio de 1553. — Yo el Príncipe. [12] The arms of the state of Michoacán are: Arms: Quarterly: 1. Gules, the statue of D. José Ma. Morelos y Pavon on
horseback, Or; 2. Gules, three royal indian crowns Or; 3. Or, two cogwheels gearing
into each other and three blast furnaces with a sea on the background proper;
4. Or, a drawing of the University of Tiripetio, proper, charged with and
open book in base; and a bordure Azure, 16 five-pointed stars Argent. Crest: On lambreuiqnes Or, the nahuatl
hieroglyph for ‘Land of the Fishermen’. Garland: Palm-leaves and branches of laurel Motto: HEREDAMOS LIBERTAD,
LEGAREMOS JUSTICIA SOCIAL
(We inherited Liberty, we will leave Social Justice).
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© Hubert de Vries 2014-01-28
Heraldry of the World