Lisboa

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Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de ouro, com um barco exteriormente de negro realçado de prata e interiormente de prata realçado de negro, mastreado e encordoado de negro, com uma vela ferrada de cinco bolsas de prata. A popa e a proa rematadas por dois corvos de negro, afrontados. Leme de negro realçado de prata. O barco assente num mar de sete faixas ondadas, quatro de verde e três de prata. Coroa mural de ouro de cinco torres. Colar da Ordem Torre e Espada. Listel branco com os dizeres " MUI NOBRE E SEMPRE LEAL CIDADE DE LISBOA ", de negro.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on February 28, 1940.

The arms symbolise the miraculous sea travels of Lisbon's patron saint, St. Vincent (São Vicente). In the 8^th century ravens rescued his relics from a sinking ship. 350 Years later, the ravens followed the ship which brought his relics to Lisbon, escorted the procession to the Cathedral and stayed in Lisbon to this very day, to prevent the indfidels from ever coming back. In Lisbon's castle, in memory thereof a pair of ravens is kept in a voliere and cared for by the city.

Image gallery

Postal cancellation
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
(arms resemble Portuguese Royal arms)
The arms in 1860
The arms on a stamp +/- 1910
The arms on a German trade card +/- 1910
The arms on a matchbox label
The arms on a UK cigarette card
The arms on a stamp
The arms on a trashbin.
Photo by Heikki Halkosaari, 2018.
Charges from the arms laid out in cobblestones.
Photo by Heikki Halkosaari, 2018.
Charges from the arms atop a streetlamp.
Photo by Heikki Halkosaari, 2018.

Freguesias in Lisboa

Literature: image send by Sergio Horta; info provided by "Gregor Kollmorgen"

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