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  List of coats of arms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philippines - Coat of Arms of the Philippines
Coat of Arms of the Principality of Wales
Coat of Arms of the Prince of Asturias
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 Growing Care is a UK Registered charity, cultivating knowledge in Romania
Later (1872), Romania's heraldry commission proposed a synthetic coat of arms that combined the traditional symbols of all the Romanian provinces: Wallachia, Moldavia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Maramures, Crisana, Banat and Oltenia.
The coat of arms of Greater Romania was replaced in 1947, when the Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed under pressure from the Soviet occupation troops, with a decorative effigy symbolising the country's riches guarded by ears of wheat and a rising sun as a background as well as a red star in the chief.
In the second quarter there is Moldavia's traditional coat of arms, gules: an auroch head sable with a mullet of or between its horns, a cinquefoil rose on the dexter and a waning crescent on the sinister, both argent.
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 Coat of Arms of Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In most states’ coats of arms, the bearings are devoted to the specific national past and are commonly recognized by citizens.
The coat of arms of Greater Romania was replaced in 1947, when the Romanian People’s Republic was proclaimed under pressure from the Soviet occupation troops, with a decorative effigy symbolizing the country’s riches guarded by ears of wheat and a rising sun as a background as well as a red star in the chief.
Traditionally, this eagle appears in the arms of the Arges county, the town of Pitesti and the town of Curtea de Arges.
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 Romania World
Romania's climate is continental, with hot summers and cold winters.
Romania is noted for its orchards and vineyards, and a variety of wines are produced and exported.
Industry in Romania was state-owned until the fall of Romania's Communist government in 1989.
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 Romania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the second quarter there is Moldova's traditional coat of arms, gules: an auroch head sable with a mullet of or between its horns, a cinquefoil rose on the dexter and a waning crescent on the sinister, both argent.
The flag with the State coat of arms on the yellow stripe was, from 1867 until 1947 the naval ensign.
The Romanian tricolour (the colours red, yellow and blue are to be found also in Romania's coat of arms) resisted, as a symbol, even after the advent of communism in this country, when the entire heraldry of the USSR's satellites was reduced to a caricature.
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 ROMANIA
Romania is roughly oval in shape, with a maximum distance from east to west of about 720 km (about 450 mi) and a maximum distance from north to south of about 515 km (about 320 mi).
Western Romania is dominated by the Tisza Plain, which borders both Hungary and Serbia; the section of the plain that borders Serbia is generally known as the region of Banat, while the section that borders Hungary is commonly referred to as Crisana-Maramures.
Romania became an associate member of the European Union (EU) in February 1993, and in December 1997 the EU invited Romania to begin the process of becoming a full member.
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 Coat of arms of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Coat of Arms of Romania consists of an eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and a sword in its claws.
The shield in front of the eagle is divided in five parts, one for each historical province of Romania, with its traditional symbol:
presidency.ro: The Coat of Arms (HTTP cookies MUST be enabled to see it in English,
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Romania   (121 words)

  
 The Family Coat of Arms Shop
egardless of their origins, coats of arms became military status symbols, and their popularity increased along with the popularity of the tournament, which was developed in the mid-eleventh century in France.
By 1400 A.D., bearing a coat of arms had become a prerequisite to participation in a tournament, and due to the importance of social standing in such pageants, a coat of arms also became a mark of noble status.
Your family Coat of Arms is reproduced in authentic heraldic colors on a white collared Golf Shirt.
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 People's Republic of Romania, 1948-1952
The arms consisted of a scene surrounded by sheaves of wheat wrapped with a ribbon of the national colors having the letters RPR emblazoned on it.
The scene depicts Romania's mineral wealth (the oil derrick, the forests, mountains) basking the the glow of the sun.
The flag, with the arms, was the state flag and ensign and the war flag.
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 Moldova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the centre (of the flag) on the yellow stripe is placed the state coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova.
The width of the coat of arms is equal to one-fifth of the length of flag, (and) the relationship between the width and the length of the flag is 1:2."
The eagle is from the old Romanian coat of arms and ultimately from Byzantium; the ox head represents the old province of Bessarabia; the cross is obviously Christian; the sceptre and olive branch are probably for sovereignty and peace; as for the flower and crescent, I have no idea.
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 Romanii de pretutindeni - in work
Romania’s national anthem has several stanzas, of which the first four are sung on ceremonial occasions.
Later (1872), Romania’s heraldry commision proposed a synthetic coat of arms that combined the traditional symbols of all the Romanian provinces: Wallachia, Moldavia, Bukovina, transylvania, Maramures, Crisana, banat and Oltenia.
In the second quarter there is Moldavia’s traditional coat of arms, gules: an auroch head sable with a mullet of or between its horns, a cinque-foil rose on the dexter and a waning crescent on the sinister, both argent.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Dobruja   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Map of Romania with Northern Dobruja highlighted in orange and Bulgaria with Southern Dobruja highlighted in yellow.
With Romania's entry in World War I on the side of France and Russia, the Central Powers occupied all of Dobruja and gave the southern portion as well as the Mangalia strip to Bulgaria in the Treaty of Bucharest of 1918.
As part of the treaty, the Romanian inhabitants (Aromanian refugee-settlers, colonists from Wallachia and the Romanians indigenous to the region) were forced to leave the regained territory, while the Bulgarian minority in the north was in turn made to leave for Bulgaria in a population exchange.
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 Coat of Arms Shop - Whats in A Name?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This knowledge of the various devices and symbols was called Heraldry, and as the announcement was accompanied with the sound of a trumpet, it was termed “blazoning the arms.” The earliest coats of arms were fairly simple -- bars or wavy lines, a lion rampant or an eagle displayed, or an arrangement of fleurs-de-lis.
Regardless of their origins, coats of arms became military status symbols, and their popularity increased along with the popularity of the tournament, which was developed in the mid-eleventh century in France.
Though many people think that coats-of arms were granted only to nobility, they can actually be found for more than ninety percent of all names.
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Reverse: the Romanian Athenaeum, a piano and a fragment of the score of the opera "King Oedipus".
Obverse: upper part, the coat-of-arms of Romania and the year of issue separated by a geometrical design taken from the Romanian folklore, beneath which the year of issue is imprinted between two lines.
The note "ROMANIA" is inscribed on the upper part, alongside the brim of the coin.
www.bnro.ro /EN/Press/2001/E20011210n.htm   (504 words)

  
 Dobrudja - Balkans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The territory fell under Bulgarian rule at the end of the 7th century and with the exception of short periods of Byzantine domination remained Bulgarian until its fall in 1411 to the Ottoman Empire.
After the Second Balkan War Bulgaria lost Southern Dobruja to Romania (Treaty of Bucharest, 1913), but the September 1940 Treaty of Craiova, signed with the assistance of Nazi Germany, restored it to Bulgaria with a population exchange (the Romanian colonists were forced to leave the south while the Bulgarian minority had to leave the north).
Dobrogea is represented by dolphins in the Coat of Arms of Romania.
www.balkans.eu.com /wiki/index.php?title=Dobrudja   (468 words)

  
 Romania
Flag adopted 1989 December 27, coat of arms adopted 1992 September 24
He said that the yellow and red seem to have been standardized; however, there is a great variance in the shade of blue.
He has seen anything from a blue as light as that used in the flags of Israel and South Africa to as dark as that of the United States flag.
www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ro.html   (1186 words)

  
 Romania-General Informations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The national flag of Romania is a tricolors: red, yellow and blue.
The music was composed by Anton Pann (1796-1854), a poet and ethnographer, a man of great culture, a singer and author of music textbooks.
Romania is located in the south east of the Central Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, in the lower of the Danube basin, bordering the Black Sea.
www.math.colostate.edu /~cruceanu/Romania/RomaniaMapAndInform.html   (274 words)

  
 Romania: coat of arms
Both Album des Pavillons (2000) and the illustration above have the sword and the sceptre shown argent (white, that is, of course).
similar coat of arms used before WWII where the two elements are shown differently coloured.
The sword is (light) blue with a golden handle and the sceptre is all golden (with a fleur-de-lys top, intentionally changed since then, I presume).
www.fotw.net /flags/ro).html   (582 words)

  
 Hungary Coat Of Arms - Budapest 4 U
In 1990, after the fall of communism in Hungary, this coat of arms became the official Hungarian coat of arms.
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 Wallachia - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In 1859, Wallachia voted to unite with Moldavia to form the state of Romania, under the rule of Alexander John Cuza.
Wallachia is represented by an eagle in the Coat of Arms of Romania.
Wallachia is used in many of the Castlevania series of video games as the starting spot for legendary vampire hunter Simon Belmont to begin his quest to vanquish Count Dracula, who constantly plagues the countryside.
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 Transylvania (Romania)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
and 1990-now and in the middle Coat of Arms of Hungary before 1918.
The Coat of Arms of the Transylvanian princes: http://www.medibit.hu/Historia/fejedelmekbody.html
The Transylvanian national flag, the flag adopted in 1918, is a horizontal tricolor of red, green, and white.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ro-trans.html   (230 words)

  
 National insignia - Wikimedia Commons
This page is intended to give an overview over the current national insignia (Civil Flag, State Flag and Coat of Arms) of all nations of the world.
Abolished flags and flags of countries that don't exist anymore are collected in the category Historical flags.
Coat of Arms of the Central African Republic
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 Romania Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Romania Flag features name, national flag colors and Coat of Arms of Romania.
Image is imprinted on both sides of the flag.
Coffee Mug with Romania Coat of Arms and country name
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 ROL 50,000 polymer banknote - December 2001 issue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
On the upper part, the Coat of Arms of Romania, name of the issuing central bank "BANCA NAŢIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI" and "BNR" in an inset.
The design of this note is protected by registration with the Romanian State Office for Trade Marks (OSIM).
Any color full-size reproduction may be done upon prior written permission of the National Bank of Romania.
www.bnro.ro /En/Ins/e50mp.htm   (355 words)

  
 Transylvania.info - Categories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Cluj County (Romania) - coat of arms, flag
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In 896 the Magyars, the last of the migrating tribes to establish a state in Europe, settled in the Carpathian Basin.
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 UNICEF - SOWC05
Reaching out, a shelter for trafficked girls in Romania.
Statistics: The statistics tool is a web application which allows you to easily organize and display development indicators and generate tables for reports and presentations.
Most of these deaths could have been prevented.
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 Civic heraldry of Europe - CD with vector clipart and vector images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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 Romania Soccer T-Shirt - Design 3
T-shirt is a quality item just as advertised.
Romania flag, coat of arms and soccer ball.
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