by Guillermo Aveledo, 3 October 1999
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by Guillermo Aveledo, 3 October 1999
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The flag has, in the middle of the sun, the grey Arch of
Carabobo, the monument for Venezuela's independence main battle
(Battle of Carabobo, 24-06-1821). We did not obtain full
independance through this, as it is often said: Puerto Cabello's
siege, where we defeated the last units of the Metropolitan
Spanish Army, was a year later. In any case, the Carabobo Arch
stands at the height of the monument to this battle, and to the
heroes of that day. It was built in 1821.
Source: 1981 edition of "Los Simbolos Sagrados de
la Nacion Venezolana", by Francisco A. Vargas
Guillermo Aveledo, 3 October 1999
The Carabobo State's Flag - Attributes and Meaning:
Carabobo is one of the northern, coaster and central states of
Venezuela and its flag consists of five horizontal stripes with
different sizes. The purple red fringes symbolizes the blood
spilled by our Liberators on the field of the Battle of Carabobo,
summit fact that sealed the Independence of Venezuela. The green
fringes represent the immense capacity of agricultural and cattle
production of the Carabobo State, as well as their enormous
ecological potential, represented in their western valleys, their
prairies and their mountains. The blue fringe remembers the
access to the sea and the universality character of the federal
entity. The yellow nascent sun, located between the center and
the floating one of the flag separating the green fringes and
arising of the blue fringe, it symbolizes the light that conquers
the shades illuminating the steps that guide to all the
Carabobenians toward their integral development. The Victorious
Arch of Carabobo in gray inserts in the sun and seated on the
blue fringe symbolizes the same essence of the identity of the
inhabitants of the region and it commemorates the great gest
which had place on its floor and consolidated the Venezuelan
nationality.
The author of the Aragua State Flag is Miss Conchita Zamora Mota
who won the concourse which was organized to design the flag in
1995.
Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 5 September 2000
A similiar but different flag of the state found at <www.carabobo.org>.
I notice the green line stretches across the whole length
compared to the image above.
J.J.Andersson, 25 March 2002
In relation to that report, we can say that the image above is
trustworthy and takes like source an Official and Special
Bulletin of the Secretary of Education of the Carabobo State sent
to us by the Mrs. Aura of Rodríguez, General Director of the
Carabobo State Government on July 28th, 1999.
Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 27 March 2002
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by Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 19 September 2000
The Carabobo State Coat of Arms - Attributes and Meaning:
The name of the Carabobo State is an homage to the Battle which
sealed the Independence of Venezuela in 1821. The Carabobo State
Coat of Arms presents an embroidered and barred field divided per
fess in two quarters. The first quarter, above, represents a
fortress surrounded by the sea and assaulted by infantry troops
and of chivalry that remembers the Taking of Puerto Cabello,
(Hair Port) one of the principal Venezuelan harbors on November
8th, 1823. The second quarter, below, shows a semblance of the
Field of Carabobo, with a osugar cane plant at the dexter and
another one of coffee to the sinister: the two more important
agricultural products of the region. On the center, an attic and
silvered column reminds that was ordered to erect by the Congress
of Cucuta to commemorate the victory, which the Patriot Army
reached in the Battle of Carabobo on June 24th, 1821, date
inscribed on the pedestal. The bar of gold that divides the field
in two quarters charges the Latin motto OCASSUS SERVITUTIS
(Decline of the Servitude) for remember which with the Battle of
Carabobo and the Taking of Puerto Cabello was sealed forever the
emancipation of Venezuela. The nascent sun over the Shield how
timmer, symbolizes the birth of the Republic and the Cornucopias
that appear to its flanks, reminds the abundance of the
Carabobenian ground. This coat of arms entered in validity by
means of the "Law of the Coat of Arms and Seal of the
Carabobo State" on December 12th, 1905.
Sources:
- Los Si'mbolos Sagrados de la Nacio'n Venezolana (The Sacred
Symbols of the Venezuelan Nation) by Francisco Alejandro Vargas,
1981.
- Special Bulletin of the Secretary of Education of the Carabobo
State sent by the Mrs. Aura of Rodri'guez, General Director of
the Carabobo State Government on July 28th, 1999.
Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 19 September 2000
1) 
from <www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8517/entrar.htm>,
located by Dov Gutterman, 14 August 1999
In this image , the symbol within the sun is missing.
Jaume Olle', 15 August 1999
2) 
by Pablo Acosta Ríos, 3 October 2002
Carabobo flag at <www.epicentro.com.ve>
appears with purple background.
Pablo Acosta Ríos, 3 October 2002