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by Daniel Rentería, 1 July 2025, using logo at Facebook
flag photos [1] and [2]
from the Municipal Council
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The council uses two standards: one gonfalon used for meetings and another hanging in the Municipal Chronicler office. Both were adopted during the term of Municipal President Elvira Paniagua Rodríguez (2018-2021).
Daniel Rentería, 1 July 2025
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from skyscrapercity.com
The coat of arms of Celaya was granted on 20 October 1655, being granted by King Philip IV through Viceroy Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque; it was also elevated to the rank of City.
Description according to solidaridad1.tripod.com:
The field of the shield is an oval corresponding to that of a state, region, or kingdom and is framed by a border that displays as decoration five quivers for arrows which symbolize the subjugated tribes. The same field is divided into three stripes with the colors blue, symbol of royalty and majesty.
White, symbol of innocence and purity. Red, symbol of dignity, power, and sovereignty. In the blue section, which is the upper one, occupying the center of the same is the image of the Immaculate Conception, patron saint of the city. To her right [left for viewer] the golden cipher or monogram with a crown of Philip IV shines in memory of that Hispanic king conceding to Celaya the title of city [and the coat of arms] and to the left of the image of the Immaculate Conception a cave is seen, remembering that the title was obtained through Mr. de la Cueva [lit. of the Cave], duke of Albuquerque.
The white field, which is in the middle, has a leafy tree that covers various people, between which a religious Franciscan is seen, this being a representation of the foundation of the Villa in 1570, and of the first populators that reunited to do the split of lands under the shade of a corpulent mesquite tree in 1571.
Finally, in the red field, which comes to be the one under, of the motto written in ancient Italian that says DE FORTI DOLCEDO...[Of the strong is sweetness]...are two nude arms holding bows which are a display of the Chichimeca Indians.
Daniel Rentería, 1 July 2025
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From Wikimedia Commons
Since Rincón de Tamayo is not a legal entity, it does not have a flag.
The parish temple has a drawing of the unofficial coat of arms. The shield has bronze outlining, and a ribbon over it that reads "RINCÓN DE TAMAYO". Going across the bottom is the motto "TRABAJO Y VIRTUD." The upper section depicts San Bartolomé the Apostle, patron saint of the town, holding a knife as his attribute and the book of the Evangelist Saint Matthew, in front of the parish temple and cemetery. The lower-left section depicts the old Hacienda of San Antonio del Rincón, property of Antonio de Tamayo, and the figure of an indigene carrying firewood in front, as this trade of selling firewood to other towns was a historically major industry. The lower-right section depicts the symbol of the Franciscan Order (two hands and a cross over a cloud, one bare and the other clothed), including the sun; this is because the Franciscans were the first to evangelize the area.
Daniel Rentería, 1 July 2025
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