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Stemmi di comuni e province d'Italia
Italian Civic Heraldry

LUCCA

Origin/meaning:
In the ancient times, Lucca adopted the arms of the various Lords ruling the town (Pisa, Castracani, Spinola, Scaligeri etc.). When the Emperor Charles IV, in the year 1369, restored the autonomy in Lucca, the local council adopted the above arms. The coat of arms per fess white and red was called "balzana", and keeps this name today.

Literature : Anonymous : 500 Stemmi di comuni Italiani. Milano, 1940; Pagnini, Gian Piero (editor), Gli stemmi dei Comuni toscani al 1860, Firenze, 1991.


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