Coat of arms of Zacatecas

The Coat of arms of Zacatecas was granted to the city of Zacatecas —and later adopted by the municipality and state of the same name— on June 20, 1588, by King Philip II, through a Royal Decree.

It depicts the Cerro de La Bufa, a silver cross, an image of Our Lady of Zacatecas, the Sun, the Moon and a number crowned in gold. The four characters dressed in black present on the coat of arms are Juan de Tolosa, Baltasar Temiño de Bañuelos, Diego de Ibarra and Captain Cristóbal de Oñate, the first Spanish discoverers of the hill and rock.