Cáceres

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CÁCERES

Region : Extremadura
Province : Cáceres
Villages in the municipality using arms: Valdesalor

Escudo de Cáceres/Arms (crest) of Cáceres
Official blazon
Spanish Eescudo partido: 1º, en campo de gules, un castillo, de oro, almenado, mazonado de sable y aclarado de azur, en 2º, en campo de plata, un león, de púrpura, linguado de gules, uñado de oro y coronado del mismo. Al timbre, corona real cerrada.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?

The arms are a combination of the lion of the Kingdom of Léon and the castle of the Kingdom of Castille. The city was conquered from the Arabs by Ferdinand and Isabella of Castille and Léon.Literature: Image from Wikipedia