Symbols of Monterrey

The symbols of the city of Monterrey, State of Nuevo León, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag.

The municipal coat of arms is around an oval frame with a tree on the right and, next to it, an indigenous person shooting an arrow at a red sun that rises behind Cerro de la Silla.

Two indigenous people, who were formerly known as the rayados, dressed in a huipil, loincloth, and headdress, armed with a bow and arrow, serve as a support for the whole, which appears on a white canvas, also cut in an oval shape divided into two threaded folds at the bottom, the upper ends of which fall backwards.

At the bottom it has the motto CIUDAD DE MONTERREY and at the top it has a county crown.

Six white flags serve as a background, three on each side and falling over the military trophies, cannons, bullets, and drums.

Modern coat of arms of Monterrey