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==National arms of Curaçao== | ==National arms of Curaçao== | ||
[[File:Curaçao.jpg|center|400 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Curaçao.jpg|center|400 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | The ship is taken from the arms of the Dutch West-Indian Company (WIC), who founded a colony on the island. The tree is a so-called Pomerans-tree (type of orange), with the Curacao-oranges. The escutcheon is the arms of the city of [[Amsterdam]], that bought the colony from the WIC. The city also built the large fortress Fort Amsterdam in the town of Willemstad. | ||
==Other heraldry== | ==Other heraldry== | ||
*[[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]] | * [[Curaçao_(stamps)|Heraldic stamps of Curaçao]] | ||
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