Bologna

BOLOGNA

Region : Emilia-Romagna
Province : Bologna

Official blazon
Italian	Inquartato: nel primo e nel quarto d’argento alla croce di rosso, col Capo d’Angiò; nel secondo e nel terzo d’azzurro al motto “Libertas” in lettere d’oro, posto in banda. Lo scudo cimato da una testa di leone in fronte.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 6, 1937.

The arms show in the second and third quarter the word Libertas. Bologna was a free State until 1506, and the word is a reminder thereof. The first and fourth quarter show a cross of unknown origin, with a chief of Anjou, as the town was ruled by the House of Anjou.

Image gallery

The arms in the Armorial Jörg Rügen (1495)
The arms around 1500
The arms around 1550
The arms on a 16th century coin
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in 1650
The arms in a 17th century manuscript
The arms in the Brioschi albums 1930s
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910
The arms on a Fassi trade card

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

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