Pontigny: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replace - "'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>" to "====Origin/meaning====") |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
[[File:pontigny.jpg|center]] | [[File:pontigny.jpg|center]] | ||
====Origin/meaning==== | |||
The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting. | The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting. | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 1 April 2012
 |
Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of France - Armorial de France |
|
PONTIGNY
Département : Yonne
Origin/meaning
The river is the Serein that runs through the town; it was bridged and regulated by the Cistercian monks who lived at the abbey, founded in 1114. The brigde, pont, is canting.
The tree shows a bird's nest, a nid in French. In French nid and gny are pronounced the same way, the nest is thus canting for the second part of the name.The two fleur-de-lis are taken from the former French Royal arms.
Literature : J.J. Lartigue, Armorial général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; background provided by Thomas Geno (tgeno@smcvt.edu)