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|align="center"|[[File:besanconh.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in Hozier (Armorial Général de France, 1696)
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.hagfr.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.hagfr.jpg|center]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932  
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.lau.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.lau.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
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|align="center"|[[File:besancon.bd.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.bd.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.frba.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Kroma
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.frba.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Kroma
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.mja.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>Postcard with the arms
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|align="center"|[[File:besancon.mja.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>Postcard with the arms
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.fp.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
|align="center"|[[File:besancon.fp.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
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Revision as of 12:51, 23 December 2014

Template:France BESANÇON

Département : Doubs

Besancon.jpg

Official blazon:
D'or à l'aigle de sable, tenant de ses serres deux colonnes de gueules brochant sur les ailes.

Origin/meaning

The city of Besançon received arms in 1535 by Emperor Charles V. These arms showed the double-headed Imperial Eagle, with the two colums taken from the arms of Spain and the Emperor. They also refer to the old Roman road passing through the city.

At the same time the city also was granted the motto Plus Ultra, taken from the Imperial arms, which was later changed to Utinam (roughly translated as to Please God). The motto is not officially used at present.

The double-headed eagle was rapidly reduced to a single-headed eagle afterwards.

During Napoleonic times, the city received new arms, with a black lion instead of the eagle. In addition to that the city was granted the right to use three bees in the chief, as a city of first rank.

Besancon2.jpg

The arms from 1804-1815

In the beginning of the 20th century the arms were still used with a double-headed eagle (see image below), but the city nowadays uses again a normal eagle.

Besanconh.jpg

The arms in Hozier (Armorial Général de France, 1696)
Besancon.hagfr.jpg

The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
Besancon.lau.jpg

The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
Besancon.bd.jpg

The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
Besancon.frba.jpg

The arms on a postcard by Kroma
Besancon.mja.jpg

Postcard with the arms
Besancon.fp.jpg

The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin

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