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|'''Italian''' | |'''Italian''' | ||
| | | D’argento alla croce piena di rosso accantonata alla destra del capo della testa di Virgilio al naturale posta di fronte, attorcigliata di un serto di alloro, con ornamenti esteriori da città. | ||
D’argento alla croce piena di rosso accantonata alla destra del capo della testa di Virgilio al naturale posta di fronte, attorcigliata di un serto di alloro, con ornamenti esteriori da città. | |||
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|'''English''' | |'''English''' | ||
| | | Argent a cross entire gules in the dexter canton the bust of Virgil affronty proper crowned with a laurel wreath; ensigned with a mural crown befitting a city. | ||
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The arms were officially granted on December 26, 1941. | The arms were officially granted on December 26, 1941. | ||
Publius Vergilius Maro (the poet Virgil) was born in Andes near Mantua 15 Oct BC 70, according to later Roman commentators. The cross has been used a symbol for the city since medieval times. To distinguish the arms from other arms with a singe red cross, the bust was added. | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Mantova1.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms around 1550 | |||
File:Mantova16.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]] | |||
File:Mantova16a.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms in a [[:Category:Windhag city arms|16th century manuscript]]<br>(Arms of the Gonzaga family) | |||
File:Mantova.cva.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms in an [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt|album]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Mantova.bri.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms in the [[Brioschi|Brioschi albums]] 1930s | |||
File:Mantova.fassi.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms on a [[Fassi series|Fassi]] trade card | |||
File:2151.aba.jpg|alt=Stemma di Mantova / Arms of Mantova|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
</gallery> | |||
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