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==National arms of Curaçao==
==National arms of Curaçao==
[[File:Curaçao.jpg|center]]
[[File:Curaçao.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad.
The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad.
===Image gallery===
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File:curacaol1.jpg|alt=Arms of Curaçao|The arms on a tax stamp
</gallery>


==Other heraldry==
==Other heraldry==
*[[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]]
* [[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]]
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