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The Coat of Arms of State

Heraldical Description


The Carabobenian Coat of Arms consist in a field with a compound shape bordered in Or and divided per fess.

The Quarter of the Chief enameled in Sky-Blue (variation of the heraldical Azure or blue), presents a fortress surrounded by the sea and besieged by cavalry and infantry troops, all in its colors. This Quarter remembers the "Toma de Puerto Cabello" (something like "The Capture of Hair Port") on November 8th, 1823.

The Quarter of the Base enameled in Sky-Blue, shows a semblance of a savannah with a plant of sugar cane at the dexter and another one of coffee to the sinister. This Second Quarter alludes to the Savannah of Carabobo from which the State takes its name. The coffee and sugar cane plants represent two of more important agricultural products of the region.

On the center, a diminished fess in Or charging the Latin inscription "OCASSUS SERVITUTIS" ("Decline of the Servitude") in capital Roman letters of Sable (black) and over all, an Attic column in Argent (white). The diminished fess with the Latin motto reminds that with the Battle of Carabobo and Taking of Puerto Cabello it was sealed forever the Independence of Venezuela. This column represents that one was ordered to erect by the Congress of Cúcuta for commemorate the Battle which took place in the Savannah before mentioned on June 24th, 1821, ephemeris enrolled on the pedestal.

As external ornaments the blazon presents a sun rising from the Chief as crest and as supports two cornucopias in Or upsetting its fruits towards the flanks and jointed under the base of the field. The sun symbolizes the birth of the Republic and the cornucopias remember the abundance of the Carabobenian ground.