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Province : [[Reggio Emilia (province)|Reggio Emilia]] | Province : [[Reggio Emilia (province)|Reggio Emilia]] | ||
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The arms are canting and show four castles (Quatro Castella) on hills: Montevetro (Montis Vetero: Montevecchio = Old mountain); Bianello (this, and not Canossa, may be the real place where Henry IV met Gregory VII in 1077); Monte Lucio (from "lucus" = sacred wood); Monte Zane (Mons Johannes, Mongiovanni = John's Hill). | The arms are canting and show four castles (Quatro Castella) on hills: Montevetro (Montis Vetero: Montevecchio = Old mountain); Bianello (this, and not Canossa, may be the real place where Henry IV met Gregory VII in 1077); Monte Lucio (from "lucus" = sacred wood); Monte Zane (Mons Johannes, Mongiovanni = John's Hill). | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:quattroc.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in Stemmi delle principali città d'Italia. Milano (pre 1940) | |||
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