DescriptionEscudo de Cuenca (Ecuador).png	English: Coat of Arms of Cuenca, Ecuador. Español: Escudo de Cuenca, Ecuador.
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En nombre de Su Majestad e por virtud de lo real... tengo, que por su notoriedad aquí... de dar e señalar e por la presente doy e señalo a la dicha ciudad de Cuenca, Cabildo Justicia e Regidores della, por armas e insignias de la dicha ciudad, desde agora para siempre jamás, un escudo partido de esquina a esquina, con unos eslabones verdes, y en medio una argolla grande, y dentro en el circuito della, una corona en campo colorado, y en el cuartel de arriba sobre la corona, una ciudad sobre agua y el campo della de oro,...y en el de abajo, unos árboles sobre agua y el campo de oro..., y a uno de los lados y otros, sendos leones pardos, vueltos la cara uno a otro, y en las manos, sendas panelas de plata en campo blanco y por orla catorce panelas de plata en campo colorado, y encima del escudo una bandera con cinco panelas de plata en fondo colorado, con una orla de oro a la redonda, y el fierro de la lanza, de plata, y un rótulo por encima de fondo trabado en la lanza, con una letra que diga, Primero Dios e después Vos

• Texto de la Real Cedula del Escudo de Armas con provisión asignada en favor a la Ciudad de Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca - Municipalidad de Cuenca archive copy at the Wayback Machine

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