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by Daniel Rentería, 4 July 2025
image: [1] from Facebook
It appears Guanajuato the Capital used a gonfalon until the term of Samantha Smith Gutiérrez (2024-2027), where its use became replaced by council flags.
Daniel Rentería, 4 July 2025
by Daniel Rentería, 4 July 2025, using logo at Facebook
image: [1] from Facebook
image: [2] from am.com.mx
![[Guanajuato coat of arms]](../images/m/mx-gt).gif)
From The Guanajuato State Gov.
Official web site
Arms adopted: 8 December 1741 granted to the city of Santa Fe y Real de
Minas de Guanajuato (present-day Guanajuato), by King Philip V of Spain.
Although Guanajuato City does not have an official regulation regarding its coat of arms, it does have its grant from 1741; the version adopted by the State is closer to the one granted to the city in 1741. It is also expected to be used by the city, and so it is displayed here. Clearly, the metals, especially the gold plate, on the coat of arms reference its mines; with the crown being a symbol that it was granted by the Spanish King. The exact reason the image of Santa Fé de la Granada was chosen as the centerpiece of the coat of arms appears to be unknown. Again, there is no official regulation from the City but there is the description from the State Government (and many elements are taken from the description provided from the official grant: see the grant here); the State Regulation says in Article 6:
Article 6. The Shield is constituted on a plate of gold, which carries in the center the image of the faith [this is: the image of Santa Fé de la Granada, symbolizing triumph of Catholic kings against Muslims]. In its base, a shell is tied to it and is sustained by two branches of laurel tied together by a blue ribbon; all of it being supported over a shelf of composite order, which is represented as being of marble colors with furnishings of gold. A crown sustained by a platform of acanthus leaves forms its head or crest.
It should be noted that the Royal Decree granting the City of Guanajuato its title of Very Noble and Very Loyal City and its coat of arms
on the day of 8 December 1741 mentions: "..and given that you have in your
Coat of Arms, with the crest of the faith, and the capacity of power of being able to use of them, such as in your Chapter Houses, like on pennants, standards, flags, seals, public works, and
further items that you may deem appropriate..."
Is it possible Guanajuato City used a standard or flag in the 18th century?
Daniel Rentería, 5 July 2025
![[Guanajuato coat of arms]](../images/m/mx-gt)2.gif)
From The Guanajuato State Gov.
Official web site
Arms adopted: 18 December 1741 granted to the city of Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato (present-day Guanajuato).
Posted by: Steve Moore, February 16, 2005.
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