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Communication from Esteban Rivera: The flag of
Medellin is white and green in equal stripes with the town's
coat-of-arms in the center. White symbolizes purity, integrity,
obedience, firmness and eloquence; green represents hope,
abundance, freedom and faith.
Jaume Ollé'
Official government regulation on the flag and Coat of Arms
are at:
- Official
website of the Mayor of Medellin
- Official
website of the Council of Medellin, the Legislative body of
the City
- Official
city bid for the 2010 South American Games, awarded to
Medellin
See also at wikipedia.
E.R., 4 February 2009
The flag was adopted through Acuerdo (Municipal) 1 de 1973, or the
(Municipal) Agreement 1, 1973
and described as follows: "...compuesta por dos franjas longitudinales iguales: una superior blanca y la inferior verde,
en el centro el Escudo de Armas de Medellín"
In English, this is: "...composed of two equal longitudinal stripes: an upper one white and
the lower one green, in the center the Coat of Arms of Medellin". The flag's current official description is the same as said initially.
Source: https://www.medellin.gov.co/es/historia-y-simbolos-de-medellin/
The city's symbols were most recently regulated through Decreto No.
151 del 20 de Febrero de 2002 or Decree No. 151 of February 20,
2002.
Esteban Rivera, 27 May 2024
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 July 2006
The coat-of-arms in blue field shows a gold tower and above
the door a shield checky, 7 parts blue and 8 gold. In the upper
part two towers and between them the image of Nuestra Señora
de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candelmas), the town's
patron saint; the coat of arms of Medellin was granted by Royal
Grant given in Madrid by King Charles II.
Jaume Ollé'
The Revista
Credencial is dedicating several editions to the history of
the Colombian cities which are capitals of Departments in
Colombia. On the Edition 230 of February 2009 it features the history
of Medellin.
It mentions that the Escudo de Armas (Coat of Arms) of
the city was granted by Spanish King Carlos II (Charles II) in
1678 after the Villa de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de
Medellín was established. The image of the Coat of Arms can be
seen here.
There's also an official description on the official
website of the city.
E.R., 16 June 2009
The CoA's official description is as follows (original in Spanish):
"Currently, it consists of a blue field where a gold tower is
represented and above the door a shield with 7 weapons with 15
squares, 7 blue and 8 gold. At the top there are 2 towers and in the
middle of them the image of Our Lady of Candelaria, Patroness of the
city."
Source: https://www.medellin.gov.co/es/historia-y-simbolos-de-medellin/
The CoA was adopted through Acto de Cabildo Municipal de marzo de 1678 or Act of the Municipal Council of March 1678 and described as follows: "...Fondo azul, tiene una torre de base ancha y redonda, y un rededor adornando que termina en siete almenas. Sobre la puerta y en medio de dos ventanitas se encuentra el Escudo de armas, que tiene 15 casillas o escaques, 7 azules y 8 de oro y rematado por una corona heráldica. Y en la parte superior de la torre, a cada uno de los lados un torreoncillo adornando y en medio de ellos sobre una nube, una imagen de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria con su Niño en brazos"
In English, this is: "...Blue background, it has a tower with a wide and round base, and a around decorating that ends in seven battlements. Over the door and in the middle of two small windows is the Coat of Arms, which has 15 squares or squares, 7 blue and 8 gold and topped by a crown heraldry. And at the top of the tower, on each side a little tower decorating and in their midst on a cloud, an image of Our Lady of Candelaria with her Child in her arms"
Esteban Rivera, 27 May 2024
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2005
Flag of Metroseguridad (= Metrosecurity). It is a company owned and run by
the Government of the City of Medellin, Colombia. This public company is in
charge of much of the security of Medellin, operating with authorized Police and
other security personnel for the safety of the City. Official website: www.metroseguridad.gov.co.
Note that it has the same color structure as the flag of
Medellin.
E.R., 10 September 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, E.R., 21 February 2010
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image by Eugene Ipavec, E.R., 21 February 2010
The Metro de Medellín is an urban train that crosses the
Metropolitan Area of Medellín from North to South and from
Centre to West. As one of the first experiences of modern mass
transportation in Colombia, the Metro of Medellín is a product
of the urban planning of the Antioquia. The city of Medellín and
its urban complex (ten cities in the Aburrá Valley), is a city
with relatively recent industrial development that started in the
1930’s. The streetcar (tranvía) at the beginning of the
20th Century can be considered as predecessor of the 21st century
Metro of Medellín. The company known in Spanish as Empresa de
Transporte Masivo del Valle de Aburrá - Metro de Medellín Ltda
was created on May 31, 1979. The Transportation system began
operations in December 1995. The company also operates the first
world integration of a trains urban system with an air cable,
called Metrocable, which started operations in July 2004. It is a
publicly owned company (The State, Department of Antioquia and
the City of Medellin are its main shareholders).
The flag is a white rectangular flag, with two stripes in the
middle, same size each, top yellow and bottom green, with the
logo in the middle.
Sources: wikipedia,
Official website.
E.R., 21 February 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 19 August 2009
There is currently a disarmament program run by the Government
of the City of Medellín and it is called "Plan
Desarme" (Disarmament Plan). The Plan has three components:
1. Teaching courses
2. Social participation and public management
3. Police action
Source: www.plandesarme.org.
The flag of this program is seen at caminootonal.blogspot.com
(article with picture), www.soitu.es
(previous article, picture only), www.elmundo.es
(article with picture by Spanish newspaper El Mundo), www.lavoz.com.ar
(article with picture by Argentinian newspaper La Voz) and www.lavoz.com.ar
(previous article, picture only)
The flag is on white background and in circular shape it reads on
top in small black letters "sin armas" (without
weapons), and on th bottom "la vida es otro cuenta"
(life is another story). On the middle there is a M1911 pistol
with the prohibition sign (red circle with diagonal line from
left to right).
I have also seen this flag displayed on a local Police station in
the neighborhood of El Poblado in the city of Medellín, thus it
is an official flag.
E.R., 19 August 2009
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 July 2006
Medellín and its Metropolitan Area - Medellín, the captial
of the Department of Antioquia, together with other
municipalities, form the "Área Metropolitana del Valle de
Aburrá, or Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley. This is for
economic purposes, in order to get more funds from the central government.
They have an English page available too: www.metropol.gov.co.
This "Area" is made up of 7 municipalities, which are
as follows: Medellín, Bello, Barbosa,
Copacabana, La
Estrella, Girardota, Itagüí, Envigado,
Caldas and Sabaneta.
(Each one has its own flag, anthem and Coat of Arms).
E. R., 5 September 2001
The flag of Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá is the
logo on white background. The Área Metropolitana was established
in 1980 and regulated by Law No. 128 of 1994, and Law No. 99 of
1993.
E. R., 31 July 2006 and 11 January 2008
image located by Esteban Rivera, 10 March 2023
The current "Manual de Identidad Corporativa" (English: Corporate Identity
Manual,
https://es.scribd.com/document/70579162/Manual-Imagen-Plaza-Mayor)
establishes the following colors used:
- Yellow (vertical stripes): C 0% M
40% Y 100% K 0% ; R 256% G 133% B 16% ; Pantone 137 O
- Green (background): C
100% M 0% Y 38% K 47% ; R 0% G 72% B 79% ; Pantone 323 O
The current full
denomination is Centro Internacional de Convenciones "Plaza Mayor" (English:
International Conventions Center "Mayor Square"), which emerged from an idea of
creating a ICC (International Conventions Center) through the merging of the
already existing "Palacio de Exposiciones y Convenciones de MedellÃÂn S.A"
(English: Palace of Exhibitions and Conventions of MedellÃÂn, Inc.) (established
in 1993 first as "Palacio de Exposiciones S.A." (English: Palace of Exhibitions,
Inc.) on May 31, 1971, which originated from the Acuerdo (English: (City)
Agreement) No. 18 of June 6, 1968 and opened on August 21, 1975 with the
"Pabellón Amarillo" English: Yellow Pavilion) and Centro Internacional de
Convenciones Ltda. (English: International Conventions Center, Ltd.) In March of
2006, full integration was accomplished adopting the current organization name
of Plaza Mayor MedellÃÂn S.A. (English: Mayor Square Medellin, Inc.)
Source:
https://plazamayor.com.co/historia/
The flag is a horizontal green
background flag with the logo in the middle displaying white letters.
Esteban Rivera, 10 March 2023
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image located by Esteban Rivera, 10 March 2023
image by Eugene Ipavec, 26 August 2010
Plaza Mayor - Medellín, Convenciones y Exposiciones (Mayor Square - Medellin,
Conventions and Expositions) was established in March 2006 as a merger between
the Palacio de Exposiciones (Expositions Hall) and the Centro de Convenciones
(Convention Center) to give Medellín an integrated space in its projection as an
ideal venue for business and conventions as well.
This organization is a mix between public and private capital, having as major
shareholders the Alcaldía de Medellín (Medellin
Mayor's Office), the Cómara de Comercio (Medellín
Chamber of Commerce), and the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros (National
Federation of Coffeegrowers).
Source:
http://www.plazamayor.com.co/app/verTema.aspx?id=79
One can see in the Manual de Imágen Corporativa (Manual
of Corporate Image) the logo's official colors in CMYK, Pantone and RGB
codes (page 4), as well as a construction sheet (page 7).
Esteban Rivera, 21 August 2010
This entity is dependent in tenure with the same period as the Mayor of the City. Hence, its image (branding) is directly related to the incumbent Mayor. Thus, there have been at least five logos in the following periods of time (in accordance with the Mayor's tenure of office).
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images located by
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
Source:
http://www.personeriamedellin.gov.co/
https://youtu.be/OoSIVTeHmvM
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images located by
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
image located by Esteban Rivera, 06 February 2013
Today on Hora13 Noticias, a local news
broadcast, the flag of the Personería de Medellín is seen.
Personería de Medellín is the organization in charge of the defense
and safeguard of the citizens' rights and operates at the local level,
that is, city-wide. It's kind of a mixture between the
Defensoría and the Procuraduría. The Procuraduría de
Medellín was established more recently by Agrement No. 63 of 1932, its
roots date back to the XIXth century.
Sources:
http://www.personeriamedellin.gov.co/index.php/la-personeria/sobre-la-personeria/nuestra-historia
and
http://www.personeriamedellin.gov.co/index.php/la-personeria/sobre-la-personeria/nuestra-historia?showall=&start=1
The flag of the Personería de Medellín is a white horizontal flag with
the logo
(Source: http://www.adalid.com/espanol/clientes2.html) in the middle.
For additional information please go to:
Personería de Medellín
(official website).
Esteban Rivera, 06 February 2013
It seems that this flag is the one used for the period 2012-2015.
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
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images located by
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
Source:
https://patiobonitoaldia.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/personeria-califico-de-preocupante-situacion-en-derechos-humanos-en-medellin-2/
Today on Hora13 Noticias local news
one can see the flag of the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Medellín.
The Archdiocese was established on
February 24, 1902, but dates back its roots to the XVIIIth century.
Source:
http://www.arqmedellin.com/contenido.php?cid=8&pid=8/historia
It is the same yellow and white flag with the
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Medellín in the middle on a white disc.
Images are screenshots of the news broadcast, where the flag is seen on the top
right of the image. Image 1 and
Image 2
For additional information please go to:
Arquidiócesis de Medellín (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2013
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 December 2013
EEVVM (Empresas Varias de Medellín, Medellin's Multiple Companies) is a local
Government company in charge of sanitary public services in the city of
Medellín.
It was established by Acuerdo (Agreement) No. 59 of September 11, 1960 by the
City Council, as "Empresas Varias Municipales de Medellín" (Medellin's Municipal
Multiple Companies). It was given this particular name because of the multiple
tasks it had when it was founded, since it was in charge of the PLaza de Mercado
(Farmer's Market), Feria de Ganados (Livestock Fairgrounds), Matadero
(Slaughterhouse), Transporte Masivo (Mass Transportation) and Aseo (Sanitation).
Today the company is formally called "Empresas Varias de Medellín E.S.P."
(E.S.P. stands for "Empresa de Servicios Públicos, Public Services Company).
Source:
http://www.eevvm.com.co/SitePages/historia.aspx
The flag was an orange rectangular flag, with the
logo in the middle, in black lettering, as seen during the local Flowers
Fair parade.
They have now changed their logo to this
new one. (Source:
http://www.medellin.gov.co/irj/portal/ciudadanos?NavigationTarget=navurl://debc4944bd6b9101e575bab5781b1519)
Since November 1, 2013 EEVVM will pe part of the holding Grupo EPM (EPM Group) (EPM
standing for
Empresas Públicas de Medellín, Medellin's
Public Companies), a
holding that encompasses 45 companies (national and international), in order to
gather all the companies that provide local public services such as
telecommunications, sanitation, water and energy basically.
Sources: http://www.epm.com.co/site/Home/GrupoEPM.aspx,
http://www.epm.com.co/site/Home/GrupoEPM/Hechoshist%C3%B3ricos.aspx,
https://www.epm.com.co/site/Home/Institucional/Historia.aspx and
http://www.epm.com.co/site/portals/descargas/portafolio_grupo_epm/brochuregrupo.html
EPM nor Grupo EPM have a known flag. or additional information please see:
EEVVM (official website).
Esteban Rivera, 14 December 2013
INDER (Instituto de Deportes y Recreación de Medellín, Medellín Institute of
Sports and Recreation) is Medellín's local government organization in charge of
managing the city's indoor and outdoor public sports and recreation facilites.
Source:
http://www.inder.gov.co/index.php/Escenarios/Escenarios-Deportivos/all/
The former flag was a yellow horizontal flag with the
former logo in the middle, as seen
here:
Source:
http://www.opcionhoy.com/Informes/InformeEspecial.aspx?InformeId=6567
The flag used to hang right outside the entrance of the UD (Unidad Deportiva,
Sport Unit)
Atanasio Girardot, in the Plaza de Banderas (Flags Square), but since the
wind tore most of it out, no replacement flag with the
new logo has been placed.
For additional information go to: INDER
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 25 May 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 12
December 2020
Borough Belencito was established in western central MedellÃÂn on 22 June 1927
by the Manuel de J. ÃÂlvarez company, which acquired the Belencito estate and set
up plots.
The symbols of Belencito were designed by Albéniz Vélez.
The
flag is horizontally divided blue-white-green with the borough's coat of arms in
the center.
Blue represents the firmament's blue sky, white represents
peace, and green represents the mountains.
The coat of arms features green
mountains and ravine ÃÂna DÃÂaz, a footballer, and St. Laura Montoya.
The
Missionary Congregation of Mary Immaculate and St. Catherine of Sienna, founded
in 1914 by Mother Laura Montoya (1874-1949), settled in 1940 in Camila Viuda de
SanÃÂn's estate, located in Belencito, and definitively established its seat
there. The congregation was initially not welcomed by the Colombian society and
the church, led by His Grace Builes, Bishop of Santa Rosa. The commitment of
Colombian women to the assistance of the poorest, indigenous people was
considered with reluctance, being traditionally assigned to foreign
congregations.
Mother Laura's canonization process, initiated on 1960,
resulted in her blessing in 2004 and her canonization on 12 May 2013 by Pope
Francis.
The chapel represented on the arms was designed by engineer
AgustÃÂn Restrepo and built by contractor Domingo Aguirre, under the supervision
of Sister Paulina de San José. All the nuns contributed to the work, forming a
chain to transport stones and sand from ravine ÃÂna DÃÂaz to the building site.
The chapel was inaugurated on 13 April 1944.
http://barriobelencito.blogspot.com/2011/06/acerca-de-nuestro-barrio-belencito_18.html
Barrio Belencito blog, 18 June 2011.
Ivan Sache, 12 December 2020
Terminal de Transportes Medellín S.A. (English: Transportation
Terminal Medellin, Inc.) is the local company in charge of public
transportation in the city. It was established through both, Acuerdo número sesenta y siete (67) de mil novecientos setenta y cinco (1975)
(English: (Municipal) Law No. 67 of 1975) and Ordenanza número
veintiocho (28) de mil novecientos setenta y cinco (1975) (English:
(Department) Law No. 28 of 1975).
Source:
https://terminalesmedellin.com/normatividad/
Esteban Rivera, 8 August 2023
image from Google Maps
The Corporación Perpetuo Socorro DC (Distrito Creativo) (English:
Perpetuo Socorro CD [Creative District] Corporation) is a non-profit
entity that was born in 2018 when private textile company Mattelsa, family compensation
fund Comfama, and private
university UPB joined forces to accompany the social, cultural, urban and
ecological transformation of the Perpetuo Socorro neighborhood in
Medellín. In
2019, the Mayor's Office decreed the area as ADN (Area de Desarrollo
Naranja, or Orange Development Area; in reference to
orange economy or creative industries) / Distrito Económico y
Creativo de Medellin, or Economic and Creative District of
Medellin. In 2023 the Sandiego Shopping Center joined, contributing to this urban
renewal with purpose.
Sources: https://www.medellin.gov.co/es/sala-de-prensa/noticias/el-distrito-creativo-perpetuo-socorro-se-convierte-en-la-primera-area-de-desarrollo-naranja-de-medellin/
and https://www.elcolombiano.com/negocios/barrio-perpetuo-socorro-medellin-industria-creativa-genera-empleo-PH23352184
Its flag is a vertical yellow banner featuring a multicolored sun
Esteban Rivera, 5 May 2024
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Metroparques (English: Metroparks), a portmanteau of "Metropolitan
Parques" (English: Metropolitan Parks) is a public organization . It
currently manages two parks:
- Parque Norte “J. Emilio Valderrama†(English: Northern Park "Emilio J. Valderrama")
(established in 1974)
- Aeroparque Juan Pablo II (English: John Paul II Aeropark) (established in the
1990's)
Source: https://metroparques.gov.co/acerca-de-nosotros/
The flag is a horizontal blue background with the logo in the middle
(as seen here in these pictures dated 2016 (no longer available)
https://www.metroparques.gov.co/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=6:aeroparque&id=128:espacios-aeroparque&tmpl=component&Itemid=343
and https://www.metroparques.gov.co/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=detail&catid=6:aeroparque&id=129:espacios-aeroparque&tmpl=component&Itemid=343
from this picture gallery:
https://www.metroparques.gov.co/galeria/category/6-aeroparque
Esteban Rivera, 5 May 2024
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