Symbols of Guadalajara

The symbols of city of Guadalajara, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag.

Other cultural symbols include the Statue of Minerva, the Hospicio Cabañas and the torta ahogada sandwich.

The Coat of arms or Seal of Guadalajara consists of a blue field, a pine of sinople outlined, two lions rampantes of color, opposite to forehead and the legs on the trunk, embroidery is of gold, consists of seven arms of gules.

For stamp, closed helmet and for cimera a flag of gules, loaded with a cross of Jerusalem to the one that uses as shaft a lance of the same color, the lambrequins are of gold and blue alternated.

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, granted the shield and the title of city to Guadalajara in 1539.

Seal of Guadalajara.
Seal of Guadalajara.