approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,709,625
edits
Lyon: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The lion is a canting symbol for the city, and has been used on the seals of the city since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The chief of France was granted by King Philippe V in 1320. The arms have not changed since.< | The lion is a canting symbol for the city, and has been used on the seals of the city since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The chief of France was granted by King Philippe V in 1320. The arms have not changed since. | ||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:lyon1519.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms shown in 1519 ([http://www.archives-lyon.fr/static/archives/garbeau-epicerie/ source]) | |||
|} | |||
[[File:lyon1519.jpg|center]] | |||
The city has since 1949 the right to use the chain of the Légion d'honneur around the shield. The city also uses the motto "avant avant lion le melhor" | The city has since 1949 the right to use the chain of the Légion d'honneur around the shield. The city also uses the motto "avant avant lion le melhor" | ||