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by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Standard of the Municipality of Caracas, (1826): consisted of a
swallowtail contour vertically oriented with the colors red, blue
and yellow bearing on the center the Great Colombia coat of arms
ornate with a pennant over the chief which show the inscription
"MUNICIPALIDAD DE CARACAS" (Municipality of Caracas)
and the number "1826", everything in Roman letters. The
illustration is a representation of the original one that still
is exhibited in the Caracas Museum of the Libertador Municipality
Mayor Office.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
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by Guillermo Aveledo, 4 October 1999
According to 1981 edition of "Los Simbolos Sagrados de la
Nacion Venezolana", by Francisco A. Vargas : "In as
much as the Regimental flags was concerned, they were to made out
of taffeta [I am not sure if this was common at the time, but I
believe taffeta is a most impractical cloth type; perhaps they
were merely ceremonial, and not battle flags. Given the action
these regiments saw, I believe so], and with the main colours
used by the respective province's Arms or of the City where the
regiment was quartered. Following the precepts of the House of
Borbon, by an official notice of 1734, it was ordered that every
regiment had three flags, all on white taffeta [the House of
Borbon colour]: the "Coronela", with the Royal Coat of
Arms [perhaps like the Spanish War Ensign of the XVIIIth and
XIXth Centuries, but without the triband , which was substituted
by a white field] centered on it, and the other two with the
Borgona Cross [or "Burgundy" Cross, perhaps]; on their
four corners, the Coat of Arms of the Province and the Crown,
and, on the two top quarters, the name of the regiment
itself" [as shown with the Caraquenian Regiment's flag]
(pages 28-29).
The flag of the "Veteranos de Caracas" was used even at
the begginning of the Independence war (until the arrival of
Continental Spanish troops, led by General Morillo). Caracas
Regiment served not only on the Capital City of Caracas,but the
whole province of Caracas, which ranged
for the greatest portion of Venezuela's Capitanía General.
This flag, as you can see, corresponds to the description above:
white (Borbon [or Bourbon] House) field, Borgona Cross (not
burgundy, but red), the Royal coat of arms (Crown, Castle and Lion,
red-yellow), and the coat of arms of Caracas at the time [Caracas' coat of
arms carved on stone, ca. 1730; found on a public fountain].
Guillermo Aveledo, 4 October 1999
Ancient image of Caracas coat of arms
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by Guillermo Aveledo, 4 October 1999
Image from the original "Colección de armas y blasones de Indias (English: Arms and Coats of Arms of the (West) Indies) (1767) (Manuscript) by Fernando Martínez de Huete" (source: http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000087354&page=1 located by Esteban Rivera, 9 July 2023
Coat of arms in use 1591-1767
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located by Esteban
Rivera, 9 July 2023
Source: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Caracas
Coat of arms in use 1767-2022
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located by Esteban
Rivera, 9 July 2023
Source: https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Caracas