Buenos Aires

For the province, see Buenos Aires Province.

Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
Adopted	October 24, 1995
Designed by	Juan de Garay
Proportions	9:14

The flag of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a white background with the city's first coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms features a black crowned eagle holding a Calatrava cross with its left foot with four young eagles at its feet

Symbolism

The eagle in the first coat of arms represents Spanish colonization, the Calatrava cross, used by the military Order of Calatrava, represents evangelism, the crown represents monarchy and the four eaglets represent four cities that were founded in that period: Santa Fe, La Trinidad (Buenos Aires), Corrientes and Concepción del Bermejo.