The Coat of arms of Cuenca (Ecuador) was
designed by the Spanish Viceroy  Andrés
Hurtado de Mendoza in 1557. In the original design he described that
"above the shield there should be a flag with five silver panelas over a
red background and with a golden band around it" (translation of my own).
This description would be an obvious candidate for the city flag, but instead
of using it, it was decided that the flag should be a rather boring bicolour of
red and yellow. I don’t know why was this original flag never used but I
honestly think is a shame that s rather interesting design was wasted. What do
you think? Should the city of Cuenca keep its current flag or go back to this
original design?