Cres

	CRES Country : Croatia County : Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":44.95900000000000318323145620524883270263671875,"lon":14.4063999999999996504129740060307085514068603515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on January 2, 1995.

The arms of Cres originate from the 14^th century and show a golden panther. The modern shield is based on the historical examples preserved mainly as carved in stone in several places in Cres. A legend told by the Cres inhabitants explains the use of the panther as symbolic for themselves - tame and lovely (and ready to work hard) as young horses they become dangerous as lions and eagles when they are provoked.

Under Venetian rule (until 1792) the arms were a silver horse on a green field.