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'''Country''': France [[File:france.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Département''': [[Landes]][[File:Landes.jpg|60 px|right]] | |||
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| D’azur à la tour donjonnée d'argent, ouverte, ajourée et maçonnée de sable, surmontée d'une fleur de lis d'or et soutenue à senestre d'un lion du même, le tout sur une terrasse d'argent, elle-même sur une rivière ondée du même mouvant de la pointe et chargée des lettres capitales A, C, Q et S de sable. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
These arms show a lion against a fortified tower on water. The water is due to its geographical location at the time Romans settled there and built the first walls of Dax (Aquae Tarbellicae) and made it a very prosperous river harbor. The tower represent the fortified city Dax was, and the lion is the symbol of Aquitaine, the province in which the city is situated. | |||
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File:Dax1.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms in Hozier (1696) | |||
File:Dax-tr.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms in Traversier (1842) | |||
File:dax.hagfr.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms in the [[Café Sanka : La France Héraldique|Café Sanka album]] +/- 1932 | |||
File:dax.bd.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms on a postcard by Barré Dayez | |||
File:dax-blue.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms on a postcard by [[Blasons adhésif (Villes et Provinces de France)|Kroma]] | |||
File:dax-landes.frba.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms on a postcard | |||
File:Dax2.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms on a cover (1910) | |||
File:Dax-glass.jpg|alt=Blason de Dax/Arms (crest) of Dax|The arms in the church of Saint-Vincent-de-Xaintes in Dax | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - France|'''Literature''']]: Louis, 1949 | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:44, 26 August 2024
Country: France Département: Landes |
French | D’azur à la tour donjonnée d'argent, ouverte, ajourée et maçonnée de sable, surmontée d'une fleur de lis d'or et soutenue à senestre d'un lion du même, le tout sur une terrasse d'argent, elle-même sur une rivière ondée du même mouvant de la pointe et chargée des lettres capitales A, C, Q et S de sable. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
These arms show a lion against a fortified tower on water. The water is due to its geographical location at the time Romans settled there and built the first walls of Dax (Aquae Tarbellicae) and made it a very prosperous river harbor. The tower represent the fortified city Dax was, and the lion is the symbol of Aquitaine, the province in which the city is situated.
Image gallery
The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932
The arms on a postcard by Kroma
Literature: Louis, 1949
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