Alta Verapaz Department (Guatemala)

Departamento de Alta Verapaz

Last modified: 2003-04-26 by dov gutterman
Keywords: guatemala | alta verapaz | verapaz | coban | texulutlan | quetzal | crown | rope |
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by Jaume Olle'

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

See Also:

• Guatemala
• Clickable Map of Guatemala
• Guatemala - Subnational Flags

Other Sites:

• Flag Report - Guatemala Departments

Overview

Communication of the departmental governor Sir Jorge Mendez Castaneda on 21 April 1997: "Based on the mythical coat of arms of the city of Coban supposedly granted by Charles I of Spain. Until 1936 the world image showing the American continent carried the emblem of the Dominican order that had christianized the region called then Texulutl�n. The arms were recently revised by the lawyer Agust�n Estrada Monroy, who included some quetzal bird feathers, a royal crown and a rope with knots on its ends, but his proposal was found too different from the original design from Charles I and rejected."
Jaume Olle' and Fred Drew from Flag Report

Coat of Arms

by Jaume Olle'