The King of Spain Philip IV granted the city of Maracaibo its Coat of Arms, "As a symbol of Honor and Dominion" by Royal Decree of June 20, 1634.
The "Very Noble and Loyal" text of the band that holds the shield in the right column is the title given to the City of Maracaibo on 21 March 1813 by the general and extraordinary Court of Spain by virtue of the city does not he folded the independence movement started in 1810.
The Coat of Arms consists of two columns and a ship in the middle, symbolizing the bar of Lake Maracaibo. The dates of the Coat of Arms of Maracaibo City — 1634 in the deployed around the right column and 1965 in the left - side column indicate the year of granting the shield authorized by King Philip IV and the year of their rehabilitation by Maracaibo district of the City Council.
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