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Toa Alta (Puerto Rico)

by Blas Delgado and Thanh-Tâm Le , 13 Febuary 2000

Overview
Reported Flags
Coat of Arms

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Overview

The image on the Lexjuris site has a five-pointed star, whereas the text clearly refers to an eight-pointed star. This city of 57,000 inhabitants was founded in 1751. The star or "lucero" refers to the tradition of the apparition in Santiago de Compostela, following the Spanish heraldical tradition.
Thanh-Tâm Le' , 13 January 1999

Full name: San Fernando de Toa Alta. According to welcome.topuertorico.org site , it is called La Cuna de Poetas. Toa Alta was founded in 1751.
Jarig Bakker, 6 Febuary 2000

According to Dr. Delgado, Toa Alta's current flag has a five-pointed star, the 8-pointed one might be a previous version. Dr. Delgado's 8-pointed star is different from mine based on Lexjuris site.
Thanh-Tâm Le , 13 Febuary 2000

Reported Flags

Flag according to text at Lexjuris site
by Thanh-Tâm Le , 13 January 1999

Flag according to image at Lexjuris site
by Thanh-Tâm Le , 13 January 1999

Coat of Arms

by Nelson Román, 2 August 2004

Toa Alta (TO-ah AHL-tah) was founded during the year of 1751, under the government of Agustín Parejas. The parish was constituted under the patronage of Our Lady of the Conception and San Fernando. The name "Toa" is claimed to be the name that the Taíno Indians gave to the present river "Río de la Plata". This word in the language of the Taínos also means "mother" and frequently was written as "Thoa".
The shield in gold, a red board with a silver sword topped with a gold crown of the same metal, to each side two small shields in red, the right-hand one with a tower in gold and the left-hand one with a gold eight point star, a three tower crown lined in black with red openings. Motto: Non Deserit Alta. The sword and the crown represent San Bernardo Rey, patron of Toa Alta, and refer to the reconquest campaigns and the high spirit of justice of this monarch, sovereign of Castile and Leon. The right small shield represents the Virgin Mary, co-patron of the town in its title of Immaculate Conception, and the tower to Santa Barbara, virgin and martyr, also co-patron of Toa Alta. The left small shield the star with eight rays, besides being a symbol already popularized, particularly in sports o