Note XIII‑43 — Chapter XIII · THE CONQUEST OF CHIAPAS. 1520-1529.
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A coat of arms was granted to the town in 1535. It was as follows: A shield with two mountain ranges with a river flowing between them; above on the right a castle, Or with a lion rampant against it; on the left a palm Vert in fruit, and another lion rampant, all on a field, Gules. A decree of the state congress of July 27, 1829, again changed the name of the place to Ciudad de San Cristóbal. Pineda, in Soc. Mex. Geog., iii. 371-2. Consult also Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 188-9, where will be found a wood-cut design of the arms; Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 271, 272-3; Mazariegos, Mem. Chiapa, 18-19; Juarros, Guat., i. 12; Pineda, Descrip. Geog., 48. For meaning of viciosa see Hist. Mex., i. 145.