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<seo title="Armoiries de Pau" titlemode="append"></seo> '''PAU''' | |||
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Département : [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] | Département : [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] | ||
[[File:pau. | [[File:pau.jpg|center|350 px|Blason de {{PAGENAME}}/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]] | ||
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| D'azur à la barrière de trois pals, aux pieds fichés d'argent, sommée d'un paon rouant d'or et accompagnée en pointe et à l'intérieur de deux vaches affrontées et couronnées de même ; au chef d'or chargé d'une écaille de tortue au naturel, surmontée d'une couronne d'azur rehaussée d'or et accompagnée à dextre de la lettre capitale H et à senestre du nombre quatre en chiffres romains, le tout d'azur. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The peacock in the arms is canting, from Paon or Paou. The cows are taken from the arms of the former Duchy of Béarn to which the city belonged. The oldest known use of the arms dates from 1680. The chief was added in 1829 as a memory to King Henri IV, who founded the royal family of the Bourbons. | The peacock in the arms is canting, from Paon or Paou. The cows are taken from the arms of the former Duchy of Béarn to which the city belonged. The oldest known use of the arms dates from 1680. The chief was added in 1829 as a memory to King Henri IV, who founded the royal family of the Bourbons. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
|} | File:Pau1895.jpg|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|The arms in a publication from 1895 | ||
File:pau.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:pau.lau.jpg|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|The arms on a tobacco card by [[Laurens (Villes de France) |Laurens]] | |||
File:pau.gif|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|Image taken from [http://www.gaso.fr La banque du blason] | |||
File:pau.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Pau/Arms (crest) of Pau|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]] | |||
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[[Literature]] : Image | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Image by Massimo Ghirardi | ||
[[Category:French Municipalities P]] | [[Category:French Municipalities P]] | ||
[[Category:Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] | [[Category:Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:18, 7 January 2024
PAU
Département : Pyrénées-Atlantiques
| French | D'azur à la barrière de trois pals, aux pieds fichés d'argent, sommée d'un paon rouant d'or et accompagnée en pointe et à l'intérieur de deux vaches affrontées et couronnées de même ; au chef d'or chargé d'une écaille de tortue au naturel, surmontée d'une couronne d'azur rehaussée d'or et accompagnée à dextre de la lettre capitale H et à senestre du nombre quatre en chiffres romains, le tout d'azur. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The peacock in the arms is canting, from Paon or Paou. The cows are taken from the arms of the former Duchy of Béarn to which the city belonged. The oldest known use of the arms dates from 1680. The chief was added in 1829 as a memory to King Henri IV, who founded the royal family of the Bourbons.
Image gallery
The arms in Traversier (1842)
The arms in a publication from 1895
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens
Image taken from La banque du blason
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
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