Medellin (Antioquia, Colombia)

Medellín

Last modified: 2003-02-08 by dov gutterman
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by Jaume Olle'

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
• Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley

See also:

• Colombia
• Antioquia Department

Other Sites:

• www.gobant.gov.co
• www.medellin.gov.co

Overview

Communication from Esteban Rivera: The flag of Medellin is white and green in equal stripes with the town's coat-of-arms in the center. White symbolizes purity, integrity, obedience, firmness and eloquence; green represents hope, abundance, freedom and faith.
Jaume Olle'

Coat of Arms

by Jaume Olle'

The coat-of-arms in blue field shows a gold tower and above the door a shield checky, 7 parts blue and 8 gold. In the upper part two towers and between them the image of Nuestra Sen~ora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candelmas), the town's patron saint; the coat of arms of Medellin was granted by Royal Grant given in Madrid by King Charles II.
Jaume Olle'

Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley

Medell�n and its Metropolitan Area - Medell�n, the captial of the Department of Antioquia, together with  other municipalities, form the "�rea Metropolitana del Valle de Aburr�, or Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley.  This is for economic purposes, in order to get more funds from the central government.  They have an English page available too: <www.metropol.gov.co>.
This "Area" is made up of 7 municipalities, which are as follows:
Caldas
La Estrella
Sabaneta
Itagu�
Envigado
Medell�n
Bello
Copacabana
Girardota
Barbosa.
(Each one has its own flag, anthem and Coat of Arms).  For now, only Bello, Envigado anfd Itag�� have theyr symbols ready
Esteban Rivera Velez, 5 September 2001