Albacete (province)

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ALBACETE PROVINCE

Region : Castilla-La Mancha

Official blazon

Escudo mantelado: El primero, de gules, con dos llaves de plata puestas en sotuer, unidas por una cadena de sable, que son las armas abreviadas de Alcaraz. El segundo, de gules, con una mano derecha alada de oro teniendo una espada de plata guarnecida de oro, que es el emblema de los Manuel, primeros señores de Villena. El tercero, de plata, con una cruz de Santiago de Gules. En abismo, un escusón con las armas de Albacete, que son en campo de plata, tres torres de piedra mazonadas de sable y aclaradas de azur, puestas una y dos, surmontadas de un murciélago de sable. Al timbre corona real cerrada española.

Origin/meaning

The arms are in use since 1994.

The arms show the crossed keys for the Alfoz de Alcaraz, the winged hand for the marquisate of Villena and in the base the Order of Santiago, the main rulers in the current province of Albacete. The inescutcheon shows the arms of the city of Albacete.

Until 1956 the province used the arms of the city of Albacete as arms.

In 1956 the province adopted very complicated arms which combined the arms of the main towns in the province : Albacete, Yeste, Alcaraz, Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Hellín, La Roda, Casas-Ibáñez, Almansa, with an inescutcehon of the arms of Castille, Bourbon and again a part of the city arms of Albacete.