A Coruña

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A CORUÑA - LA CORUÑA

Region : Galicia
Province : A Coruña

Escudo de A Coruña/Arms (crest) of A Coruña
Official blazon
Spanish En campo de azur, sobre peñas de su color, una torre de plata (que representa a la Torre de Hércules), mazonada y aclarada de sable, cubierta con un faro de gules, y acompañada de siete veneras de oro, puestas tres a cada flanco y una en punta; brochante sobre las peñas, una calavera de plata, coronada de oro, acolada a dos tibias del mismo metal puestas en aspa.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The town was founded long before Roman times. The arms show the tower of Hercules, a famous lighthouse in the city. The scallops are the badges of St. James (Santiago). A Coruña is close to Santiago de Compostela and many pelgrims came ashore in the harbour of A Coruña. Literature:


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