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Marinilla (Antioquia, Colombia)

image by Pascal Gross, 31 October 2000
image by Esteban Rivera; taken on 27 August 2016

Overview
Coat of Arms

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Marinilla Official Site (in Spanish)

Overview

According to image at http://www.marinilla.gov.co/marinilla.gov.co/general.html , the flag is charged with the Coat of Arms on the red triangle.
Dov Gutterman, 22 July 2002

The Municipality was established on November 21, 1787 when the Spanish King Charles III granted it the title of Villa by Royal Decree with the first settlements dating as far back as 1618. Source: [1]

The flag is described as follows (original in Spanish): "White or Silver demands or reminds us of the obligation to protect orphans. Gules or Red demands and reminds us of the obligation to protect those oppressed by injustice. Vert or Green demands and reminds us of the obligation to provide relief to farmers and peasants". Source: [1].
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2025

Coat of Arms Flag Variant

image by Daniel Rentería, 27 September 2025
image from mioriente.com

Coat of Arms

image from marinilla-antioquia.gov.co

The CoA was granted to the town of Marinilla by the "Real Cámara de Indias" (Royal Chamber of the Indies) on February 20, 1793 and the chronicler of King Charles VI certifies as follows (original in Spanish): "Encircled by his entire enterprise or emblem or two arms of incarnation that on a blue field, symbolizing this color of perseverance, reward and loyalty, are united and dressed in the ancient and original Spanish Indian costume, hanging from the Spanish hand the harpoon and arrow and from the Indian the musket or rifle; this shield covered with gold and in demonstration of its current and future prosperity and in black letters this motto "PRO RELIGIONES ET REGE MUNERA ANTIQUITATIS NOBIS COMUNIA" (For religion and the King the gifts of the ancestors are common to us; in Latin).
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2025