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by Dov Gutterman, 12 May 2002
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Adopted: 1952, colours based on the flag of the revolt of
1810. See: Cundinamarca Independent State
(1813-1814).
Jaume Olle, 8 September 1996
At <www.udistrital.edu.co>
there is more info about the flag. The image is plain yellow over red bicolor.
Dov Gutterman, 27 December 1998
According to the official site the flag is plain yellow over
red without the Coat of Arms. The site says:
"La Bandera de Bogotá halla su origen en el mismo
movimiento de, insurgencia contra las autoridades coloniales que
estalló el 20 de julio de 1810. Los rebeldes comenzaron a llevar
ese día en el antebrazo una escarapela con los colores amarillo
y rojo, que son los de la Bandera de España vigente entonces
para el Nuevo Reino de Granada. Después de 142 años, mediante
decreto 555 del 9 de octubre de 1952, la escarapela patriota
quedó oficial y definitivamente adoptada como Bandera de
Bogotá.
Elevado y ejemplar es el significado atribuido a los colores de
la Bandera. El amarillo se toma por representativo de la
justicia, clemencia, virtud y benignidad y el rojo por símbolo
de libertad, salud y caridad. Se trata de cualidades que se
desean ver reflejadas en el comportamiento personal y colectivo
de todos los habitantes de Santa Fe de Bogotá."
Source: <www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 12 May 2002
by Carlos Thompson, 22 March 2003
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by Carlos Thompson, 22 March 2003
Distrito Capital (Bogotá) adopted the Coat of Arms at the
Real cédula dada en Valladolid on 3 December 1548, ten year
after the fundation of the city.
Luis Carrillo, 15 July 2002
The crowned eagle is because we were under the government of
Spain, I think that is what it represent. About the flowers that
the coat of arms has, it is the grenade flower, that's because
Colombia, as you know, was named Nueva
Granada (New Grenade). The Colors are red and yellow because it
was a Spanish colony.
Juan Arenas, 31 March 2004
The correct name of "granda" in English is
"pomegranate". The Latin name of the pomegranate tree
is "Punica granatum". "Punica" recalls that
the tree was brought back from Carthago by the Romans. In French,
the ancient name of the fruit was "pume grenate",
"pume" being an ancient form of "pomme"
(apple) and "grenate" derived from Latin
"granatum", a fruit with grains, via a dialect of
Northern Italia (Grand Robert de la Langue Francaise). The name
of the fruit was later simplified to "grenade", the
same word being later used for the weapon. In the ancient
mythology, the grain of pomegranate was the symbol of the faults
and pleasures which sent you to hell. It was later adopted as the
mystical symbol of divine perfection (op. cit.).
Ivan Sache, 1 April 2004
