Cronica elaborării noilor simboluri heraldice și vexilologice ale municipiului Chișinău și ale sectoarelor lui
Chronicle of the elaboration of new heraldic and vexillological symbols of Chișinău municipality and its sectors

Summary/Abstract: On March 2, 2020, the President of the Republic of Moldova signed Decree no. 1475-VIII regarding the registration of some territorial symbols of Chișinău municipality. By this act, theurban signs, approved by the Decision of the Chișinău Municipal Council no. 5/2 of December 19,2019, were registered in the General Armorial of the Republic of Moldova: the coat of arms and the flagof Chișinău municipality and the coats of arms and flags of the Botanica, Buiucani, Centru, Ciocanaand Râșcani sectors. The new municipal coat of arms is a “large coat of arms”, which preserves as a“small coat of arms” the old coat of arms from 1930, resumed in use in 1990 in another graphic version,completed them with supporters (two water towers), motto (“By ourselves”) and increases the tinctureof the municipal crown from Argent to Or. The new municipal flag, in which the white field predominates,represents an adjusted version of the flag in unofficial use since 1998. The coats of arms and flagsof the sectors of Chișinău municipality represent a premiere for the urban symbols of the Republic ofMoldova. They have been developed in the complex, are similar in structure and introduce, in additionto the specific emblem, different custom colours for each sector.

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