Coat of arms of the Department of Quindío

Coat of arms of Quindío
Details
Armiger	The Department of Quindío.
Escutcheon	An English inescutcheon azure bordered argent, a tree trunk couped proper, an Broadaxe incrusted.
Supporters	Two branches of coffee fructed proper on both sides meeting at the bottom.
Motto	Joven, Rico, Poderoso
Other elements	The whole inside a roundel argent bordered gules. The year 1966 displayed at the bottom of the inescutcheon.

The coat of arms of Quindío was designed by Solita Lozano de Goméz, who also designed the Flag of the Department of Quindío.

Design and meaning

The Coat of arms of Quindío is the union of two shields, and was based very closely on the Coat of arms of Armenia, the capital of the department.

The biggest is a roundel bordered in gules, and in a field of argent lays an inescutcheon on top of this there’s a scroll that cointaints the motto of the department Young, Rich, Powerful. Below the inescutcheon the year 1966 is inscribed, this being the year Quindío became a department. And going around the sides, are two branches of coffee in representation of the most important product of the region.

The inescutcheon its copied from the inescutcheon of the coat of arms of Armenia. Whitin it, in a field of azure, there's a trunk with an Splitting Axe incrusted in it, symbol of the colonist who built the town.