THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL SYMBOLS

III TERM

THE FLAG • DESIGNED BY: JOSE DE SAN MARTIN

• THE NATIONAL FLAG OF PERU CONTAINS A

BLEND OF RED AND WHITE COLORED BANDS

ADORNED WITH A SHIELD IN THE MIDDLE.

• SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE: THE WHITE

VERTICAL STRIPE REFLECTS THE VALUE OF

THE ESSENCE OF PURITY, WHILE THE RED

STRIPES ARE THE EMBLEM OF THE RED

BLOOD OF THE VALIANT SOLDIERS, WHO

GAVE THEIR LIFE TO WIN INDEPENDENCE FOR

THE COUNTRY.

THE COAT OF ARMS• IT CONTAINS THE PICTURE OF THE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF THE

COUNTRY. IT INCLUDES A THE BEAUTIFUL “QUINA” TREE IN THE

UPPER RIGHT OF THE SHIELD, WHOSE MEDICAL CHARACTERISTICS

HAVE MADE WAY IN FIGHTING MANY DISEASES. ON THE UPPER LEFT

CORNER OF THE SHIELD, THERE IS A VICUÑA (AN IMAGE OF THE

NATIONAL ANIMAL OF THE COUNTRY), WHILE THE LOWER PORTION OF

THE SHIELD SHOWS A GOLDEN CORNUCOPIA SPILLING OUT GOLD

COINS. SYMBOLIZING THE RICH NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE

COUNTRY.

• SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE

• THE COAT OF ARMS IS THE EMBLEM OF THE ABUNDANT WEALTH AND

PRESTIGE. THE COINS OF GOLD COMING OUT FROM THE

CORNUCOPIA SHOW THE PRIDE THAT THE COUNTRY HAS ON ITS

MINERAL WEALTH. THE SURROUNDING LEAFY FRAGMENT

SYMBOLIZES THE VAST AND RICH FAUNA, THE FREEDOM THAT THE

COUNTRY ENJOYS AFTER INDEPENDENCE AND THE PRIDE WITH

WHICH IT IS LIVING.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM• THE ANTHEM WAS PERFORMED BY ROSA MERINO

PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE NIGHT OF

THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER 1821 IN THE THEATER

OF LIMA.

• THE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY JOSE BERNARDO

ALCEDO.