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'''Country''' : France [[File:France.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''' : [[Gironde]][[File:Gironde.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Additions''':<br>1965 [[Cauderan]] | |||
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|'''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. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Bordeaux16.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) 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 (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:Bordeaux-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:Bordeauxp.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|Municipal letterhead +/- 1875 | |||
File:Bordeaux6.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|On the city hall | |||
File:Bordeaux1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms in a publication from 1895 | |||
| | File:Bordeaux7.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|On a house in The Hague (Netherlands), 1930s | ||
| | File:bordeaux.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | ||
File:bordeaux.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |||
File:bordeaux.lou.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis | |||
File:bordeaux.bd.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez | |||
File:bordeaux.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) 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 (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez | |||
File:bordeaux.fp.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin | |||
File:Bordeaux1870.jpg|alt=Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux|The arms by Guilbert, 1853 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|Literature]] : | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: | ||
[[Category:French Municipalities B]] | [[Category:French Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Gironde]] | [[Category:Gironde]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:19, 3 September 2023
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Country : France  Département : Gironde  Additions:
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| 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. |
| English | blazon wanted |
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.
Image gallery
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in Hozier (1696)
The arms in Traversier (1842)
Municipal letterhead +/- 1875
On the city hall
The arms in a publication from 1895
On a house in The Hague (Netherlands), 1930s
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez
The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
The arms by Guilbert, 1853
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