^{This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website}

Soriano Department (Uruguay)

image by Daniel Rentería, 8 November 2025
based on photo from https://www.facebook.com/photo

Description of the flag
Coat of arms

See also:

Description of the flag

The department flag was adopted through an initiative by councilman Albérico Lolo González, leading to a contest. The winning flag was presented on 10 September 1994 at the House of Culture, being officially hoisted on 7 October 1994 in the local Sports Plaza. This flag was designed by the teacher Juan José Macri Accinelli.

The Soriano Department flag has a blue bar on the top taking 2/9 of the flag's height; a red one taking 1/9; a white one taking 3/9; a red one taking 1/9; and a blue one taking 2/9. In the center, text reads AQUI NACIO LA PATRIA [Here, the Fatherland was born]. Red, white, and blue are the colors on the Artigas flag.

Daniel Rentería, 8 November 2025

Coat of arms

image by Daniel Rentería, 8 November 2025

The coat of arms was created by Wilde Marotta Castro, being adopted through a contest available nationally. It was approved by the departmental government on 4 October 1957. In the center is a shield bordered in brown, reading at the top in black SORIANO; at the bottom its motto AQUI NACIO LA PATRIA [Here, the Fatherland was born]. The inner section is divided vertically into blue and red, colors of the Artigas supporters. Adding to this is a silver Criollo horse facing to the right for liberty. Surrounding the shield is a wreath of laurel branches for glory. Serving as a crest to the shield, a trapezoid of red, yellow, and red is seen for the Spanish colors as part of its history. To the center of this crest is a feather-hat with five feathers for historic feats, namely:
1. San Salvador fort, first establishment in Uruguay from 1527;
2. Santo Domingo Soriano's foundation as the oldest current settlement;
3. Headquarters of the Revolution in 1811;
4. the Cry of Asencio the same year calling for independence;
5. arrival of the 33 Orientals in Agraciada in 1825.
The bottom part of the feather-hat reads the year 1624, the founding of the town of Santo Domingo de Soriano.

Source: https://www.sorianoturismo.com/escudo-del-departamento-de-soriano

Daniel Rentería, 8 November 2025