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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* Italy [[File:italy.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Region''' : | |||
* [[Toscana]][[File:Toscana.regit.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''Province''' : | |||
* [[Siena (province)|Siena]][[File:Siena.prov.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''': | |||
* 1904 [[Masse di Siena]] | |||
** 1869 [[Masse del Terzo di Città]] | |||
** 1869 [[Masse del Terzo di San Martino]] | |||
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Troncato d’argento e di nero. | |'''Italian''' | ||
| Troncato d’argento e di nero. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The arms are also called the "balzana" and it has a legendary origin. The legends tells that Siena was founded by the two sons of Remo (one of the brothers who were nursed by the capitoline she-wolf) who had escaped from Rome riding two horses. One of them was white and the other black and for this reason the "balzana" has these colours. Also the name of the city is connected with this legend. In fact Senio was the name of one of the Remo's sons. | The arms are also called the "balzana" and it has a legendary origin. The legends tells that Siena was founded by the two sons of Remo (one of the brothers who were nursed by the capitoline she-wolf) who had escaped from Rome riding two horses. One of them was white and the other black and for this reason the "balzana" has these colours. Also the name of the city is connected with this legend. In fact Senio was the name of one of the Remo's sons. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
| | File:Siena1500.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms around 1500 | ||
File:siena1.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms around 1550 | |||
File:Siena16.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Siena17.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms in a 17th century manuscript | |||
File:Siena.bri.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms in the [[Brioschi|Brioschi albums]] 1930s | |||
File:Siena.fassi.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms on a [[Fassi series|Fassi]] trade card | |||
File:2181.aba.jpg|alt=Stemma di Siena/Arms (crest) of Siena|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
</gallery> | |||
| | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Italy|'''Literature''']]: : Image from http://www.araldicacivica.it | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Italian Municipalities S]] | [[Category:Italian Municipalities S]] | ||