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|'''French''' | |'''French''' | ||
| | | De gueules au château de quatre tours crénelées et couvertes d'argent, hersé et sommé d'un clocher du même portant une cloche d'argent, le tout maçonné de sable, surmonté d'un léopard d'or, posé sur des ondes d'azur mouvant de la pointe et chargées d'un croissant d'argent; au chef cousu d'azur semé de fleurs de lis d'or. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The leopard is taken from the arms of the old territory of Guyenne, of which Bordeaux was the capital. The castle is the former city hall standing on the Garonne river. The crescent symbolises the bend the river makes in the city. The chief is the arms of France and signify that the city received its own parliament by King Louis XI in 1453. | The leopard is taken from the arms of the old territory of Guyenne, of which Bordeaux was the capital. The castle is the former city hall standing on the Garonne river. The crescent symbolises the bend the river makes in the city. The chief is the arms of France and signify that the city received its own parliament by King Louis XI in 1453. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Bordeaux16.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms in a [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8528582x.r=17256?rk=193134;0 16th century manuscript] | |||
File:Bordeaux1.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:Bordeaux-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:Bordeauxp.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|Municipal letterhead +/- 1875 | |||
File:Bordeaux6.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|On the city hall | |||
File:Bordeaux7.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|On a house in The Hague (Netherlands), 1930s | |||
File:bordeaux.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
| | File:bordeaux.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | ||
File:bordeaux.lou.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis | |||
File:bordeaux.bd.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez | |||
File:bordeaux.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]] | |||
File:bordeaux.mja.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez | |||
File:bordeaux.fp.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin | |||
File:Bordeaux1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux / Arms of Bordeaux|The arms by Guilbert, 1853 | |||
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