- Characteristics and meanings of the coat of arms of Catamarca
- Headquarters
- Gules frame
- Outer flags, sun and laurels
- References
The coat of arms of Catamarca is made up of two arms holding hands, which secure a short spear, a gules hat, within a red frame. Also, they have laurels and sky blue and silver flags hoisted on the sides.
It has other elements such as crosses and arrows, a tower, grapes with their bouquets and a golden crown with diamonds. At the top is a sun.
Shield of Catamarca
In 1922 the new coat of arms of Catamarca was approved, which remains until today.
The proposal was the result of several historians who investigated the first shields of the regional entity.
Characteristics and meanings of the coat of arms of Catamarca
Catamarca is one of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic, located to the northwest of the River Plate nation, and borders provinces such as Tucumán, where Argentine independence was signed. Its capital is the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca.
Headquarters
The central field of the shield has a silver background in its lower part and azure blue in its upper part, which signify the values and ideals of Argentina as a nation constituted after independence.
The two arms that come from the left and right ends of the central field and are held by the hand to grasp a short spear, are also embodied in the shield of the Argentine Republic and the province of Buenos Aires.
These arms signify the union of the provinces after independence. The short spear, which is known as a pike, expresses that if necessary arms will be taken up again to defend the freedom symbolized by the gules cap.
Gules frame
The central field is surrounded by a gules frame or bright red color as this tonality is known in heraldic language, that is, the language of patriotic symbols.
This frame has a cross together with two crossed arrows in its upper left corner which, together with the grapes and their bouquets in the upper right corner, symbolize the faith of the missionaries who came to implant new models of crops in the Catamarca lands, such as It was the vineyards.
The golden crown encrusted with diamonds and the castle tower recall the more than 200 years of Spanish rule in the lands of the River Plate, which came to an end with independence.
Outer flags, sun and laurels
The external areas are covered by four flags raised, at the rate of two on each side on golden poles, superimposed one on top of the other and are the symbol of the new Argentine Republic.
The sun, as well as the flags, allude to the new, that is to say, the new republic that rises on the horizon after the united provinces of the Río de la Plata declared their independence from the Spanish crown.
Laurels are symbols of peace and victory since ancient times, specifically since Rome was an empire.
At that time, laurel wreaths were used with what we know today as laurel. For this reason the laurels border the shield, as a symbol of peace and victory.
References
- Coat of arms of the Province of Catamarca. Heraldry in Argentina. Recovered from the site: heraldicaargentina.blogspot.com
- Catamarca province: coat of arms. Argentine heraldry. Recovered from the site: heraldicaargentina.com.ar
- Shield Province of Catamarca. Catamarca Alive. Recovered from the site: catamarcaviva.com.ar
- Coat of arms of the Province of Catamarca. Telpin. Recovered from the site: telpin.com.ar
- Image N1. Author: Almendromaestro. Recovered from the site: es.wikipedia.org