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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
County : [[Split-Dalmatia]] | County : [[Split-Dalmatia]] | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|300 px| | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially adopted on March 14, 2001, but are much older. | The arms were officially adopted on March 14, 2001, but are much older. | ||
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In 1879 the city was granted a new coat of arms. | In 1879 the city was granted a new coat of arms. | ||
[[File:starigrad3.jpg|center| | [[File:starigrad3.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
These arms show quartered, 1) a stone pine (umbrella pine, <em>Pinus pinea </em>) and a vine tree in an wheat field with a goat, symbolic for the fertility of the region; 2) an antique sailing ship, symbolic for the Greek colonisation; 3) a large stone masoned wall on the bank of a bay, for the old Pharos, with an olive tree, myrtle and rosemary and 4) symbolic for hope, a lion standing on a cliff by a raising sun and a swallow flying above. Around the shield were two green snakes carying the motto "LABOREMVS" (i.e. Let's work). | These arms show quartered, 1) a stone pine (umbrella pine, <em>Pinus pinea </em>) and a vine tree in an wheat field with a goat, symbolic for the fertility of the region; 2) an antique sailing ship, symbolic for the Greek colonisation; 3) a large stone masoned wall on the bank of a bay, for the old Pharos, with an olive tree, myrtle and rosemary and 4) symbolic for hope, a lion standing on a cliff by a raising sun and a swallow flying above. Around the shield were two green snakes carying the motto "LABOREMVS" (i.e. Let's work). | ||
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{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:starigrad.hagyu.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:starigrad.hagyu.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag Yugoslavia|Coffee Hag album]] +/- 1932 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:starigrad1.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:starigrad1.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms from 1997-2001 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Croatia|'''Literature''']] Image by Heraldic Art (www.heraldic-art.hr/), info from http://zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr | ||
[[Category:Croatian Municipalities]] | [[Category:Croatian Municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Split-Dalmatia]] | [[Category:Split-Dalmatia]] |
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