La Tour (Haute-Savoie)
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LA TOUR (HAUTE-SAVOIE)
Département : Haute-Savoie
Official blason
Parti: au 1er d'or à trois pals de gueules, au chef de gueules chargé d'une croix d'argent, au 2e d'azur à la clef d'argent. |- |English | Tour (Haute-Savoie) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation |}
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially adopted on June 18, 1994.
The arms show the pales from the arms of the medieval lords of the region, the Lords of Faucigny. The silver cross is the arms of Savoy. The key refers to the local patron saint, St. Peter.
Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr