Barletta

	BARLETTA Country : Italy Region : Puglia Province : Barletta-Andria-Trani 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":41.320099999999996498445398174226284027099609375,"lon":16.28750000000000142108547152020037174224853515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Italian	D'argento, a quattro burelle di rosso, sovrastato da una corona turrita e circondato da due rami di quercia e di alloro, annodati da un nastro dai colori nazionali. Ornamenti esteriori da Città.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on

The arms are, according to legend, derived from the following story:,br> A legend tells that an "ocean" of Turks attacked Barletta a thousand years ago. The lord of Barletta gathered his soldiers and with great courage faced the invaders. The Turks were defeated and the lord cleaned his hand full of blood on the door's wall of Barletta.

Image gallery

The arms in the Brioschi albums 1930s
The arms in the town ((c) F. Velde, 2023)
The arms in the town ((c) F. Velde, 2023)

Literature: : Image from http://www.araldicacivica.it

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