Fontainebleau

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Blason de Fontainebleau/Arms (crest) of Fontainebleau
FONTAINEBLEAU

Country : France
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Département : Seine-et-Marne
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Official blazon
French Coupé: au 1er d'or à l'aigle impériale de sable; au 2e d'argent à la salamandre sur sa patience de gueules; à la fasce d'azur chargée d'une jumelle ondée d'argent brochant sur le coupé; au franc canton d'azur à la lettre capitale N d'or surmontée d'une étoile rayonnante du même.
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Origin/meaning

The symbolic is clear from French history: the salamander was Francois I's badge, he built the castle. It was one of Napoleon's favorite residences, whence the canton with the letter N (reserved for 2nd class Imperial cities) and the eagle. The river on the fess alludes to the name of the town, which means beautiful spring.

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Literature: Lartrigue, J.J. Armorial Général des communes de France, Paris, 1995 and Francois R. Velde


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