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Coat of arms of the Department of Quindio
The Coat of arms of the Department of Quindio was designed by Solita Lozano de Gomez, who also designed the Flag of the Department of Quindio.
Design and meaning
The Coat of arms of Quindio is the union of two shields, and was based very closely on the Coat of arms of Armenia, the capital of the department.
The biggest is a roundel bordered in gules, and in a field of argent lays an inescutcheon on top of this theres a scroll that cointaints the motto of the department Young, Rich, Powerful. Below the inescutcheon the year 1966 is inscribed, this being the year Quindio became a department. And going around the sides, are two branches of coffee in representation of the most important product of the region.
The inescutcheon its copied from the inescutcheon of the coat of arms of Armenia. Whitin it, in a field of azure, there's a trunk with an Splitting Axe incrusted in it, symbol of the colonist who built the town.
References
http://www.quindio.gov.co/simbolos.html
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