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image by Ivan Sache, 28 July 2008
See also:
Flag and Coat of Arms
of Barichara (Santander, Colombia) at <www.barichara-santander.gov.co>.
Text in Spanish:
"Celeste: Color que como navegante de este mundo nos agita
un aliento de ternura y ensueño en el más allá. Armoniosa
franja que representa en la Bandera el cielo primaveral y un
manto de Maria Santísima, como Madona del Pueblo
Amarillo: Color que bulle en Barichara por doquier estando el los
retablos del templo, en las piedras y el las flores de sus
árboles y jardines; además el astro rey es más amarillo aquí,
al reflejarse en sus calles adoquinadas; color que simboliza en
nuestra insignia, el color de la tierra, encarnado de ahí el
remoquete de “patiamarillo”.
La Estrella: El Centro Poblado Guane, que fue incorporado a la
estratificación urbana de Barichara.
El Verde de Esmeralda: Color de la esperanza del ser
viviente, por corresponder al virtuoso ropaje de la naturaleza,
el cual viste de gala nuestro perdón, como expresión del
zócalo de casar, y de la singular esplendente esmeralda de sus
campos de labranza. El sesgo de su franja simboliza la
idiosincrasia de los nacidos en esta tierra, al aparecer por
doquiera atravesados en todos los momentos estelares del moldear
y conformar los destinos de nuestra nacionalidad colombiana. La
estrella representa a su corregimiento de Guane."
Felipe Carillo, 10 July 2008
The municipality of Barichara (232 sq. km; 1,336 m asl ) is
located 120 km south-west of Bucaramanga and 445 km north-east of
Bogotá. The first settlement on the site of Barichara grew up
around a chapel built in 1702 on a place where an image of the
Blessed Virgin has appeared on a limestone. The village was
officially founded on 29 January 1705 as village #12 in the
Guanes' territory. The title of vice-parish was granted to the
village on 15 February 1714. On 30 July 1751, Don Pedro Azúa,
Archbishop of Santa Fé, granted the title of parish of
"Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Barichara y San
Lorenzo Mártir" to the village. In 1975, Barichara was
elected "el pueblito más lindo de Colombia” (the
nicest little village in Colombia). Decree # 1654 of 3 August
1978 proclaimed the village "Monumento Nacional"
(National Monument).
Official description of the symbols: - Blue represents the spring
sky and the coat of the Blessed Virgin, the patron saint of the
village; - Yellow is common in Barichera in the church
altarpieces, stones and tree and garden flowers; yellow is also
the colour of the sun, reflected on the paved streets of the
village; finally, yellow is the emblem of the village, as the
colour of the soil, the source of the nickname of
"Patiamarillo" given to the villagers; - The star
represents the central borough of Guane, incorporated into the
colonial village; - Emerald green represents hope and the colour
of the agricultural fields. The municipal coat of arms is
surmonted by a scroll horizontally divided blue-yellow-green.
Ivan Sache, 28 July 2008
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image from <www.barichara-santander.gov.co>
