Salles-d'Angles
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SALLES-D'ANGLES
Département : Charente
| French | Fascé contre-fascé d'or et d'azur; sur le tout d'argent à la cotice de gueules accompagnée, en chef d'un bosquet de trois ormeaux de sable et, en pointe, d'un alambic du même. |
| English | No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |
Origin/meaning
The colors blue, yellow and red are taken from the arms of the Mortemer family, Lord of Salles, Genté and Ars in the 1000s.
The 3 trees represent the highest point of the town. Excavations carried out between 1971 and 1974 by Gaston Grégor allowed the discovery of the remains of a Roman camp and a prehistoric site on that spot. . The still represents the distillation of Cognac because according to legend, Cognac was developed in Angles.
Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr
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