Roscoff

ROSCOFF

Département : Finistère

Official blazon
French	D'azur au navire équipé d'argent et habillé d'hermine, voguant sur des ondes d'argent mouvant de la pointe; au chef d'hermine.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms symbolise that the town is an harbour in Brétagne, hence the ship in the ermine of Brétagne, as well as the chief of Brétagne. The motto of the arms is 'A re, a skei atao'. It's meaning I don't know.

The arms in the city (source)

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Literature: Froger et Pressensé, 2001