The Quintana Roo shield is the symbolic representation of this Mexican state. The first version of this shield was the work of the muralist Diego Rivera, who designed it in the building of the Ministry of Public Education.
There is really no exact date for this event but everything seems to indicate that it was between 1923 and 1926.
This shield came to have various versions that were changing over the years until it became the one known today.
Brief history of the Quintana Roo shield
The famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was the "creative father" of the Quintana Roo coat of arms.
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Carl van vechten
However, it was really adopted in 1927 when the Italian artist Gaetano Maglione sculpted it on the clock tower, which was located on Avenida De los Héroes in the old Payo Obispo (today it is the city of Chetumal).
What Maglione did was go back to Rivero's original design and made a subtle change: he slightly improved the appearance of the 3 pines at the bottom of the shield.
In 1936, more changes were made, this time by the work of the Colombian artist Rómulo Rozo.
Rómulo Rozo and Ambassador Miguel A. Menendez. Image source: Comvaser / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Although the essence remained the same, the three half circles at the top were modified to add Mayan fretwork.
The inhabitants didn't like the changes so I had to be modified again.
The current representation is the work of the Chetumaleño artist Elio Carmichael Jiménez, who made the pertinent changes on March 17, 1978.
Elio Carmichel. Source: Teresa317 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
According to article 6 of the Law on the Characteristics and Use of the Coat of Arms of the State of Quinta Roo:
Meaning
The colors of the Quintana Roo shield represent a cardinal point.
Red is the east, blue is the west, yellow is the south, and white is the west. The three green triangles represent the richness of flora and fauna.
The symbol of the wind represents all those hurricanes that threaten the coasts of the state.
The Mayan glyph of the sea snail is a symbol of the south cardinal point, it also represents the "interior of the land and the sea."
The five-pointed star represents resurgence and awakening.
The representation of the Sun with the ten solar rays are the municipalities of the state (Cozumel, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Isla Mujeres, Othón P. Blanco, Benito Juárez, José María Morelos, Lázaro Cárdenas, Solidaridad and Bacalar).
References
- State Legislation of Quintana Roo. Retrieved on September 19, 2017, from tsjqroo.gob.mx
- Coat of arms of the State of Quintana Roo. Retrieved on September 19, 2017, from paratodomexico.com
- Shield of Quintana Roo. Retrieved on September 19, 2017, from wikipedia.org
- Meaning of the Shield of Quintana Roo. Retrieved on September 19, 2017, from quintanaroo.webnode.es
- Shields of Quintana Roo and its municipalities. Retrieved on September 19, 2017, from historiaygeografiadeqr.blogspot.com