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The banderas monumentales (Spanish for "monumental flags") are a set of monuments located throughout Mexico. The main feature of these monuments is a giant Mexican flag flying off a 50 meter-high flagpole. They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional). The size of the flag was 14.3 by 25 meters and it was flown on a pole that measured 50 meters high. In the time after the decree was issued, many more banderas monumentales have been installed throughout the country in various sizes. Many of the locations were chosen due to significant events in Mexican history that occurred there. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x800, 307 KB) This monumental flag is located at the top of the Cerro del Obispado (Bishopric Hill) in Monterrey, Mexico. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x800, 307 KB) This monumental flag is located at the top of the Cerro del Obispado (Bishopric Hill) in Monterrey, Mexico. ...
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Term of office: 1 December 1994 – 1 December 2000 Preceded by: Carlos Salinas de Gortari Succeeded by: Vicente Fox Quesada Date of birth: 27 December 1951 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Economist First Lady: Nilda Patricia Velasco Núñez Political Party: PRI Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born...
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The 1999 decree
On July 1, 1999, President Zedillo officially started the flag program by issuing a decree that was published in the government register Official Journal of the Federation. While the formation of the flag project was one aspect of the decree, the overall aims of the law were to promote the flag, the Coat of Arms and the national anthem to instill a sense of patriotism into the Mexican population. Zedillo also used the timeframe of 1995 until 2000 to promote Mexican culture and history. Finally, this decree allowed the governors of each state to display more conspicuously the national symbols (Símbolos Patrios) throughout their state. Image File history File links Ernesto_Zedillo_Ponce_de_León. ...
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The flag program The deployment of banderas monumentales was outlined by Zedillo in a two point program. The first point consisited on selecting the location for the monumental flags, of which the first were: The first two deployments were in Mexico City, Mexico's capital. The next two were in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, along the northern border with the United States. Veracruz is Mexico's main seaport in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, Iguala was where the flag of the Three Guarantees (Bandera de las Tres Garantías) recognized as Mexico's first flag, was created. The Zócalo, Mexico City Catedral Metropolitana Zócalo is a Mexican Spanish term for a town square or town center where social and business transactions take place. ...
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The second point in the program accounted for the creation of a standard size for the flags and the poles they would be raised on. Zedillo's official decree stated that the flag sizes will be 14.3 meters in height by 25 meters in width. The flag size is close to the 4:7 ratio as stated in Article 3 of the Law on the National Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem (Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales). The flagpoles were to have a height of 50 meters. The Law on the National Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem (Spanish: Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales) is a set of rules and guidelines passed by the Mexican government on the display and use of the flag (bandera), coat of arms (escudo) and the anthem...
There have been smaller flags called banderas semi-monumentales installed for schools, smaller communities and other locations where logistics complicate the flying a giant flag. The flags are greatly smaller than its those outlined in the 1999 decree, but have the advantages that are cheaper and easier to take down than the monumental flags. Monumental flags are costly to construct and require a group of nearly twenty people to raise and lower them.
Biggest flag The biggest monumental flag in Mexico is the one located in Monterrey (northeast) with a pole height of 100.6 meters and a flag measuring 50 by 28.6 meters, built to double the size of the other monumental flags. It is located at the top of the Cerro del Obispado (Bishopric Hill) at an altitude of 775 meters above the sea level and it weights 230 kilos. It was inaugurated on the Día de la Bandera (Flag Day), 24 February 2005. This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ...
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Current locations Since the construction of the first monumental flags other cities throughout the country have also deployed their own. They are mostly located in state capitals and cities with important economic activity. - Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Querétaro, Querétaro
- Mexico City, Federal District (three locations):
- Zócalo, in the city center.
- Campo Militar Marte, behind Los Pinos
- San Jerónimo roundabout
- Iguala, Guerrero
- Tonalá, Jalisco
- Tijuana, Baja California
- Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
- Veracuz, Veracruz
- Morelia, Michoacán
- Mazatlán, Sinaloa
- Mérida, Yucatán
- Cancún, Quintana Roo
- Naucalpan, Estado de México
- Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Tampico, Tamaulipas
- Ensenada, Baja California
The Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo flags overlook the United States border and can be clearly seen from the U. S. side. This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ...
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Cathedral on the Plaza Mayor, the oldest in North America [1]. Mérida is the capital city of the Mexican state of Yucatán. ...
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References The Official Journal of the Federation (Spanish: Diario Oficial de la Federación, DOF) is the journal published by the government of Mexico. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
Screenshot of the Flags of the World website Official flag Flags of the World (or FOTW) is the Internets largest website devoted to vexillology, containing comprehensive information about all kinds of flags. ...
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