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image by António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
The city of Piura is located 1024 km north of
Lima. It was founded by Francisco Pizarro on
15 August 1532 as San Miguel de Tangarará. The site of the
town was later moved to El Chilcal, where the Decree officially founding
the town was signed on 15 August 1588. Piura is also the capital of the
region of Piura.
(Source:
Documental Piura
website)
Ivan Sache, 18 Oct 2006
Piura was the first Spanish city in America and its name originated the
country name "Peru".
António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
According to the Spanish
Wikipedia article, the flag of Piura city is a 2:3 vertical tricolor of
light blue, red and (golden?) yellow with the municipal coat of arms centered
on the central panel. This is partly confirmed by
one of the photos in the official website,
embedded in a
slideshow, showing a
tabletop flaglet in this design — but the exact design of the emblem seems to
be not the full coat of arms, as shown in the Spanish
Wikipedia, but the shield only with a wide white border. There’s a
large image of the coat of arms at the
official
website.
António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
According to
this
site, there is a set of plates named El Tallan, one of which
(number 14) is devoted to the coat of arms, flag, anthem and map of the
region of Piura. The image of the flag, although very small, shows a vertical
tricolor of light blue, red and yellow, with the coat of arms (?) in the
centre of the red part.
Antonio Gutiérrez, 18 Oct 2006
El Tallan is about the provincial flag («bandera
»(…)« de la provincia de piura»), not the regional
flag.
António Martins, 26 Jun 2010
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image by António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
You can see it in the upper left corner
here.
Valentin Poposki, 18 Oct 2006
The shield is Azure (light blue) a pair of scales Or above a two-towered
castle Or open and litten of the field with an "S" above its dexter tower
and an "M" above its sinister tower and in chief a Holy Ghost dove
displayed Argent nimbused Or and on a bordure per bordure Azure (dark
blue) and Gules a crown in chief and two paschal banners offset to the
core.
António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
The coat of arms of Piura is described in great detail at
this
page. It was granted by a Real Cédula on 7 December 1537.
Unsurprisingly, it features Archangel St. Michael.
Ivan Sache, 18 Oct 2006
This is shown at the
Spanish
Wikipedia, made by Wikipedian Discjockey:
The arms are gules on an escutcheon azure a pair of scales or under an
eagle displayed proper and above (thing) under a ducal coronet or and
two paschal banners of victory (It could be shield azure with bordure
gules, though). Elm argent looking at sinister crested with plumes
azure, vert, gules and or and mantling or. (Source:
Spanish
Wikipedia flag image)
António Martins, 18 Oct 2006
It seems to me that the
flag shown in
Wikipedia is the flag of the Region of Piura
(because the coat of arms on the flag is the arms of the region, as is stated
here).
On the other hand, the flag on the El Tallan plate,
although very small image, looks to me like having a coat of arms without
wreaths, similar (or maybe exactly) as the arms of the Province
of Piura.
Valentin Poposki, 18 Oct 2006
There’s also the municipal logo, which may perhaps be used on flags,
shown at the official
website: a golden disc with 3D effects pierced at upper left quadrant by
three lines — green, red and yellow.
António Martins, 23 Oct 2007
