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- Bridge of concord

- Shield of city

The December 14 l828 Ferdinand VII, Spanish Rey, his first shield of weapons conceded the metropolis, answering to the expressed petition of the local town council. This emblem was in use during all the colonial epoch to l898. With the establishment of the Republic in l902 to adapt the shield to the new political conditions became necessary. Like in l828, stars were the characteristic attributes of the city: The colonial castle, bridges, the Bread ( maximum elevation of the province ) and the waters of rivers and of the bay. Now the Spanish crown was substituted by the republican Phrygian cap; The leaves of cane and the ones belonging to coffee tree kept on they were taken someone's place by the ones belonging to olive tree, symbol of Heavens matanceras.

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