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{{France}}'''BORDEAUX'''
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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''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]]


Département : [[Gironde]]


[[File:bordeaux.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]
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====Official blazon====


====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.


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|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.hagfr.jpg|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the  [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932
|+Official blazon
|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.lau.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]]
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|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.lou.jpg|250 px|center]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Robert Louis
|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.bd.jpg|250 px|center|BLason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez
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|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.frba.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Kroma
|'''French'''
|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.mja.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard by Maurice Jacquez
| 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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|-
|align="center"|[[File:bordeaux.fp.jpg|250 px|center|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a trade card from Félix Potin
|'''English'''
|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1870.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms by Guilbert, 1853
| blazon wanted
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===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===
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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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Latest revision as of 08:19, 3 September 2023

Blason de Bordeaux/Arms (crest) of Bordeaux
BORDEAUX

Country : France
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Département : Gironde
Gironde.jpg



Additions:
1965 Cauderan


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Official blazon
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.

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