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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}<br>Αθήνα}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Greece [[File:Greece.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
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|'''Greek''' | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
Athens does not use arms, but the above logo based on the national arms and with the head of the Goddess Athena after whom the city is named. | Athens does not use arms, but the above logo based on the national arms and with the head of the Goddess Athena after whom the city is named. | ||
Previously the arms of the city were often shown with the goddess dressed as a warrior or just the head of the goddess, but I am not sure whether these have ever been officially granted or adopted. | Previously the arms of the city were often shown with the goddess dressed as a warrior or just the head of the goddess, but I am not sure whether these have ever been officially granted or adopted. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Athens.wfc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms on a 1912 [[Wills's Foreign Cities|cigarette card]] | |||
| | File:032.abd.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms in a 1930 [[Abdulla-Wappen der Bekanntesten und Bedeutendsten Ausländischen Hauptstädte|German album]] | ||
File:241.aur.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms in a 1936 [[Staats-Wappen und Flaggen (Unter dem Olympia-Banner)|German album]] | |||
File:athens.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms as shown in the 1950s | |||
File:athens1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms on a Dutch Végé silk, 1950s | |||
File:Athens.mur.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Athens|The arms on a Dutch 2013 [[Murillo|cigar band]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Greece]] | [[Category:Greece]] |
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