Flag of Guadalajara

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Flag of Guadalajara
Proportion7:4
Adopted
  • 4 May 2021
Designed byFrancisco Medina Asencio

The flag of Guadalajara (Spanish: Bandera de Guadalajara) has three horizontal stripes of blue, yellow and blue with the coat of arms of Guadalajara city conceived by the emperor Carlos V in 1539. It was adopted 4 may 2021.[1]

Design and symbolism[change | change source]

The meaning of the colors of the state flag are as follows:[2]

  • Gold (yellow): do good to the poor.
  • Azur (blue): serve the rulers and promote agriculture.

History[change | change source]

The flag was ordered to be designed by the then Guadalajara governor Francisco Medina Asencio in 1967, the colors were taken from the cathedral towers that the architect Manuel Gómez Ibarra built in the mid-19th century using pumice stone to lighten them in case of tremor after the original towers collapsed in May 1818 due to an earthquake.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Flag of Guadalajara, Mexico". CRW Flags. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  2. "Municipality of Guadalajara, Mexico" (PDF). Goverment. Retrieved 2024-03-28.