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FIRENZE
Region : Toscana
Province : Firenze
Additions : 1865 Legnaia, Pellegrino, Rovezzano; 1928 Brozzi, Galluzzo
Official blazon
Scudo ovato d’argento, al giglio aperto e bottonato di rosso.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 25, 1929.
The arms of Florence show a fleur-de-lis, or Florentine lily. Until 1251 the coat of arm of Florence was a white lily on a red field. But that year the Guelph party drove the Ghibellins out of the city and they inverted the colours of the coat of arm: red lily on a white shield. The lily refers to the flower of iris that grew naturally on the city walls and on the hills around Florence.
 The arms in a manuscript from 1550 |
 The arms as granted by Napoleon |
 The arms in the Brioschi albums 1930s |
 The arms on a Fassi trade card |
 The arms in the Abadie albums |
 The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910 |
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