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by Thanh-Tam Le , 12 Febuary 2000
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This city of 100,000 inhabitants is c. 50 km south of San Juan
and was founded in 1769. [Apparently (if I am referring to the
CoA), the cross is the symbol of the Order of Preachers of Santo
Domingo, and represents San Pedro Martyr of Verona, an
illustrious figure of this Order and Patron of the town of
Guaynabo. Green and silver (replaced with white on the flag) are
the oldest heraldical colours of Guaynabo. Note: my image does
not look like the "original" one on the Lexjuris
site , because the text clearly says that there are 6 green
indentations and 5 white ones, whereas the image on the site
shows only 5 green and 4 white, which obviously changes the width
of the cross as well. I did not make another image , for this
really seems to be a gross mistake,
Thanh-Tâm Le, 18 January 1999
by Nelson L. Román, 29 June 2004
From <www.ngw.nl>:
"The cross is the symbol of Saint Peter, Martyr of Verona,
an illustrious figure and Patron Saint of Guaynabo. Green and
silver are the colours of Guaynabo and thus were used in its flag
and coat of arms. The fortified house in the coat of arms
represents the village of Caparra the earliest European
settlement and first Capital City of Puerto Rico The small coat
of arms with the lion represents the first governor of Caparra,
Juan Ponce de Leon."
Nelson Román, 8 July 2004