Escuela Superior Politécnica de

Chimborazo

Integrantes:
Cesar Patache
Alex Nuñez
Fernanda Quillin

NATIONAL SHIELD OF ECUADOR

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On October 31, the day of the Shield is celebrated, one of the national symbols of Ecuador. The
country's Coat of Arms was officially adopted by Congress on October 31, 1900.

On November 7, 1900, the presidential implementation of General Eloy Alfaro Delgado is achieved.
The decree was published in the official register on December 5 of that year.

In the 80s', of the last century, this celebration was overshadowed by the introduction of parties
outside our culture such as Halloween, (which by the way has nothing to do with historical celebrations
of the US, on the contrary it is a simple commercial invention , based on rites of death and Satan), and
that is why civic values were being lost, but thanks to the initiative of various institutions and media
such as this, this civic party was intensely revived, the feeling of pride resumed for the Ecuadorian
Homeland, its customs, legends and national history, so much so that the Central Government
supported this initiative by extending it in educational centers and institutions in general and definitely
recovered, not only this historical date, but all those of the Ecuadorian historical calendar, which
unfortunately They were relegated, so the "celebration" of the famous Halloween was low profile.

Various sources, including the educational booklet The Symbols of the Homeland, published by the
Symbols Patriotic Foundation, based in Guayaquil, point out that the artistic design of the current
shield belongs to the master Pedro Pablo Traversari, taking hold, until in 1916 it was approved by the
Ministry of Public Instruction.

COAT OF ARMS OF 1820

When the Independence of Guayaquil was proclaimed, on October 9, 1820, it was adopted as a shield
of the emancipatory movement which is formed by a five-pointed star on a blue background, inscribed
in an oval enclosed and surrounded by two laurel branches intertwined by a red ribbon and later the
legend “Por Guayaquil Independiente” was added. This was rather the shield of the Province of
Guayaquil and not of Ecuador itself. Now it is the coat of arms of the city "Pearl of the Pacific", as
Guayaquil is called.

SHIELD OF 1822

This was the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Colombia, conceptually known as La Gran Colombia,
according to the decree of the Constituent Congress, sanctioned on October 6, 1821. It was in force in
our territory from the incorporation of Quito to the Republic of Colombia, on May 29, 1822, until the
creation of the State of Ecuador in the Republic of Colombia, when the Constituent Congress of
Riobamba changed it.

SHIELD OF 1830

The history of the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ecuador dates back to 1830, when the
Department of the South separates from the original Republic of Colombia. When separating, the
three states that had integrated it (Venezuela, the Department of the North; New Granada, the
Department of the Center; and, Quito, the Department of the South), Quito was renamed the State
of Ecuador in the Republic of Colombia.

SHIELDS OF 1833

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In 1833 it was adopted, not with a specific decree, but indirectly on currency, a State Coat of Arms,
differentiating it from that of the Republic, which was not unknown or replaced.

SHIELD OF 1835

In 1835, when the fiction of the State of Ecuador in the Republic of Colombia ended and became
simply the Republic of Ecuador, a shield was adopted again without a specific decree. In the
Constitutional Convention of Ambato a decree was issued on sealed paper on August 10, in which it
is said in article two: On the seal the weapons of the republic will be put with the motto Republic of
Ecuador.

SHIELD OF 1843

The Constitutional Convention of 1843 decreed a new Coat of Arms that was the first to comply with
the rules of heraldry (study of armories or weapons). The shield was rectangular at the top and
elliptical at the bottom. All the parts within the shield itself had meaning and in the decree a detailed
description of each element was made, with its individual meaning. The meaning of the elements of
external adornment, such as the condor, the flags with their antlers, or the war trophies, was not
specified.This Shield officially lasted until it was replaced by the Marcista Revolution Shield (by the
March 6 revolution from 1845).

SHIELD OF 1845

On November 6, 1845, the Constitutional Convention of Cuenca decreed a new coat of arms, based
on the design presented on October 30 by Dr. Pablo Merino, president of the Convention. A new
national flag was also decreed, based on the colors of the flag of October 9, 1820, but arranged in
three vertical stripes, white, light blue and white, carrying seven stars, one for each province.

SHIELD OF 1900

At the end of the Marcista period, in 1860, President Gabriel García Moreno decreed the return to the
tricolor flag, but did not mention the Coat of Arms. The National Convention of 1861 ratified the
change of the flag without mentioning the Shield, so that the Shield remained the same, but adorned
with the Colombian tricolor instead of the Marist bicolor.

The 1900 Congress and President Eloy Alfaro ratified this same Shield. The design was made by
Pedro Pablo Travesari, who was officially approved by the Ministry of Education in 1916 to be used

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in the education sector. Due to the detail of its description and the drawing pattern it has, it must be
used by students for practical use.

SYMBOLS

• Condor: With wings spread and raised in flight, it is a symbol of energy and effort.

• Laurel: Represents the glory of the nation.

• Oval: Its outline is double brown border with same color joints above and below.

• Golden Sun: It means gold, important for our first settlers, it is in the center, with the signs of the
zodiac.

• Signs of the zodiac: On the left, Gemini and Cancer, on the right, Aries and Taurus, which represent
the months of March, April, May and June, in which important events occurred that reaffirmed
Ecuadorian nationality.

• Chimborazo: The highest volcano, from whose perpetual snows the river Guayas is born.

• National Flags: There are four, two on each side, before and after, that come together under the
consular phases.

• Palma: Represents peace in the nation.

• Ribbon: Silk ribbon

• Antlers: There are four and crown each of the pavilions, they are inclined with rhomboidal metal
tips.

• Caduceus: Crowned by two wings and surrounded by two snakes, attribute of Mercury. It is a
symbol of navigation and commerce.

• Guayas River: Which widens progressively until it occupies the entire lower part of the Oval.
Towards the sides are included banks of lush vegetation, expression of national agriculture.

• Guayas steamboat: It was the first to be built in South America, in 1841 at the Guayaquil shipyards.
The ship has a caduceus by mast. The colors of the ship and its flag located in the bow are those of
the national flag.

• Consular fasces: Badge of the consuls of Rome, symbol of authority and dignity.

• Ax: (Segur) Large ax that was part of one of the fasces of Roman liquors

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