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The Coat of Arms of Bolivar State

Heraldical Description

The Bolivarensian Coat of Arms consists of a field of azure charges with a gold river in its inferior part of whose waves stand out a great rock, representation of that one well-known "Piedra del Medio" (The Middle-River Stone) located in front of Ciudad Bolivar, capital of the State.

On the rock appears a sitting female Indian that supports her sinister one in a clay two-handled jar that pours water on the bed of the river, symbolizing the inexhaustible flow of the Orinoco, the father of the Venezuelan hydrical sources. Over the group, appears a constellation of seven silvered stars in arch remembering the provinces which confederated in 1811 founded the Venezuelan Nation.

As external ornaments, the shield presents a radiant triangle with an eye in the center on a silver field which represents the look of the Divine Providence protecting the Bolivar State territory. The caduceus at the dexter and the pick at the sinister crosses in saltire behind the Coat of Arms, symbolizes the trade, the work and the mining industry, respectively. The olive tree crown, emblem of the peace, is jointed by means of gules pennants which present like mottoes the following ephemeris:

"5 DE JULIO DE 1811" (July 5th,1811) the date when the Declaration of the Independence of Venezuela was signed.

"15 DE FEBRERO DE 1819" (February 15th, 1819) the date when Republic of the Great Colombia was founded.

"16 DE DICIEMBRE 1863 (December 16th, 1863), the date when the ancient Province of Guayana was incorporate to the Venezuelan Federation.