Coat of arms of Veracruz
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The coat of arms of the state of Veracruz is a representation of a legend of the conquest of New Spain.
Symbolism
[edit]The following coat of arms is adopted as the emblem of the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz Llave, whose heraldic characteristics are the following: A cut shield, the upper part in a sinople field and a gold tower superimposed on a Latin cross in gules, and in sable and in the center of it the word Vera, and below in a blue field the columns of Plus Ultra, a device that at the time was granted to the Villa de Veracruz as a high honor; the shield is bordered with thirteen azure stars in a gold field, and the whole is in the background of an ornamentation with its volutes and two intertwined flowery garlands.[1]
Historical coats
[edit]The symbol is used by all successive regimes in Veracruz, in different forms.
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Coat of arms since 1712 to 1979. -
Coat of arms since 1979 to 2009. -
Coat of arms since 2015.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
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- CRW Flags, coat of arms of Veracruz.
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