Coat of arms of Bogotá D.C.

The Coat of arms of Bogotá is the official coat of arms of the Capital District of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia.

[edit] History

It was granted by Royal Decree on December 3, 1548 in Valladolid, Spain by the Spanish Emperor Charles I to the New Kingdom of Granada.

The Coat of arms served as the Coat of arms of the Viceroyalty of New Granada until its independence where a new coat of arms was issued for the nation.

It continued to serve as the emblem of the city, but it was officially adopted as the coat of arms for the city of Bogotá by the Accord 31 of 1932.

[edit] Design and meaning

The coat of arms contains in the middle of the shield an imposing eagle all in sable in a field of Or. The eagle symbolizes firmness and it is crowned which symbolizing the vice royal status of the land, and it holds in each claw a pomegranate in gules, symbol of the New Granada. Its borders are a field of azure with nine golden pomegranates, which represent the states that in that day formed the New Kingdom of Granada.

[edit] References

• http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/NuestraCiudad/simbolos.htm