Lovagny

From Heraldry of the World
Jump to navigation Jump to search

LOVAGNY

Département : Haute-Savoie

Blason de Lovagny/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME

Official blason

Écartelé: au 1er de gueules à la croix d'argent, au 2e d'azur au clocher d'argent, au 3e d'azur à trois ponts isolés d'argent, au 4e de gueules au loup passant d'argent ; au chef de sable chargé de cinq tours d'or ouvertes de sable. |- |English | blazon wanted |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on June 21, 1985.

The cross is the arms of Savoy, the small tower refers to the former Benedictan priory in the village. The third quarter shows the three local bridges over de Fier river. The wolf in the fourth quarter is a canting symbol, the name may be related to lupus (wolf).

The chief refers to the 5 castles that existed in the municipality, the now disappeared Saillon castle, the ruined castles of Petit Grézy and Pontverre and the two existing castles of Chavaroche and Montrottier.

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr


French heraldry portal



This page is part of the
France.jpg
French heraldry portal


Logo-new.jpg
Heraldry of the World

French heraldry:

Overseas territories:



  • Total pages in the French section : 52,786
  • of which images : 30,678

Selected collector's items from France:


Contact and Support

Partners:

Your logo here ?
Contact us



© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Ralf Hartemink arms.jpg
Index of the site