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-{|width="100%" style="color:black; background-color:#ffffcc;"
+{| class="wikitable"
-|width="15%"|[[File:Barbados.jpg|50 px|left]]
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of [[Barbados]]'''
+|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|350 px|alt=Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-|width="15%"|[[File:Barbados.jpg|50 px|right]]
+|
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' : Barbados [[File:Barbados.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
+{{#display_map:13.0963,-59.6190|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
 |}
-'''BRIDGETOWN'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
+|}
-[[File:bridgetown.jpg|center|500 px]]
+===Origin/meaning===
+The arms were officially granted on September 20, 1960.
-====Origin/meaning====
+The bridge in the arms is a canting element. The barrels are for rum, once a major product of the island.
-The arms were officially granted on September 20, 1960.
-I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome !
+The crest and the motto refer to the fact that the city was destroyed by fire and rebuilt. The motto can be translated as ''out of the past fires we rise again to the light".'''[[Literature]]''':
+{{bb}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] :
 [[Category:Barbados]]
 [[Category:Granted 1960]]