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![[Colonia Department flag]](../images/u/uy-co.gif)
image by Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025The flag consists solely of the shield centered on a white background, which
isn't unusual for many Latin American countries. I believe the capital city of
Colonia, Colonia del Sacramento, shares the same flag/coat of arms.
Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025
Although the flag has been used for well over than a decade, it wasn't until
26 December 2023 that Resolution N° 1448/023 was passed, approving its official
use. Under Decree Nº 017/2023, the flag was instituted as an official
departamental symbol:
"Article 1°. Instituting as an Official Flag of the
department of Colonia, the Official Coat of Arms of the department of Colonia
which was approved the 10th of January 1978, centered over a rectangular cloth
of the color white."
Daniel Rentería, 29 January 2025
![[Colonia Department flag]](../images/u/uy-co).gif)
image by Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025
Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org
The shield is divided into an azure top (chief) containing a rotated Southern
Cross constellation of five white stars, a red bottom-left containing a
three-headed stalk of wheat, and a white bottom-right containing a top-down view
of a bee facing upwards.
Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025
According to
https://www.juntacolonia.gub.uy/escudo-oficial-del-departamento-1978-2/:
The coat of arms of Colonia Department was adopted on 10 January 1978. Intendant
Yamandú Viglietti announced on 30 December the past year the choice of the
design by Wilfredo Pérez Martínez and Miguel González Cámpora, under the
pseudonym "Patricio".
Following is the jury which composed the contest:
as President the Director of the National Museum of Plastic and Visual Arts,
Professor Angel Kalenberg; Secretary: The Director of the General Archive of the
Nation, Professor Abelardo García Viera; and other members: Fernando Assunçao,
delegate of the Ministry of Education and Culture in the Commission of the
Historical, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of the Nation; the Intendant of
Colonia, Col. Yamandú Viglietti, and the Director of Works of the Intendency,
Professor Architect Domingo Fernández Blixen.
Southern cross (in its
natural form) - Location in the southerly lying Río de la Plata basin
Stars
(silver) - an image of happiness, greatness, peace, and prudence.
Azure -
color of the sky; representing temperance as a virtue, perseverance, reward, and
loyalty, as well as promoting agriculture.
Bundles of wheat- where
civilization first flourished, in agriculture; the four ears at the same time
represent the cardinal directions.
Gold - a symbol of wealth, prosperity,
nobility, and charity; strength and independence, gained by wealth, is the fruit
of all inhabitants.
Gules - promotes the service of the call to arms and
represents the defense of sovereignty.
Daniel Rentería, 29 January 2025
![[Colonia Department flag]](../images/u/uy-co-var.gif)
image by Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025
I found a minor variant of the flag, which is practically identical to the
original except underneath the coat of arms reads "COLONIA" in thick black
letters.
Source:
https://www.colonia.gub.uy
Ethan Dubrow, 20 January 2025
