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by Guillermo Aveledo, 3 October 1999
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The flag has, in the middle of the sun, the grey Arch of
Carabobo, the monument for Venezuela's independence main battle
(Battle of Carabobo, 24-06-1821). We did not obtain full
independance through this, as it is often said: Puerto Cabello's
siege, where we defeated the last units of the Metropolitan
Spanish Army, was a year later. In any case, the Carabobo Arch
stands at the height of the monument to this battle, and to the
heroes of that day. It was built in 1821.
Source: 1981 edition of "Los Simbolos Sagrados de
la Nacion Venezolana", by Francisco A. Vargas
Guillermo Aveledo, 3 October 1999
The Carabobo State's Flag - Attributes and Meaning:
Carabobo is one of the northern, coaster and central states of
Venezuela and its flag consists of five horizontal stripes with
different sizes. The purple red fringes symbolizes the blood
spilled by our Liberators on the field of the Battle of Carabobo,
summit fact that sealed the Independence of Venezuela. The green
fringes represent the immense capacity of agricultural and cattle
production of the Carabobo State, as well as their enormous
ecological potential, represented in their western valleys, their
prairies and their mountains. The blue fringe remembers the
access to the sea and the universality character of the federal
entity. The yellow nascent sun, located between the center and
the floating one of the flag separating the green fringes and
arising of the blue fringe, it symbolizes the light that conquers
the shades illuminating the steps that guide to all the
Carabobenians toward their integral development. The Victorious
Arch of Carabobo in gray inserts in the sun and seated on the
blue fringe symbolizes the same essence of the identity of the
inhabitants of the region and it commemorates the great gest
which had place on its floor and consolidated the Venezuelan
nationality.
The author of the Aragua State Flag is Miss Conchita Zamora Mota
who won the concourse which was organized to design the flag in
1995.
Raul