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''' TORTONA'''

Region: [[Piemonte]]<br>
Province : [[Alessandria  (province)|Alessandria ]]

[[File:Tortona.jpg|center|Stemma di {{PAGENAME}}]]

===Official blazon===
Di rosso al un leone d’argento linguato ed armato, tenente con le zampe anteriori una rosa fogliata e fiorita d’argento. Sormontato da una corona marchionale.

===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on January 28, 1935.

The arms date from medieval times and show a lion holding a rose. The lion most likely is a symbol of force, the rose of grace. 

{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:Tortona.itpc.jpg|center|450 px|Stemma di {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a postcard +/- 1905
|align="center"|[[File:Tortona.bri.jpg|center|Stemma di {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Brioschi|Brioschi albums]] 1930s 
|}

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[[Literature]] : Image from http://www.araldicacivica.it; 

[[Category:Italian Municipalities T]]
[[Category:Piemonte]]
[[Category:Alessandria ]]
[[Category:Granted 1935]]