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	Portuguese Roots Web: Portuguese coat of arms, surnames & coat of arms.
		Alarcão coat of arms, Albergaria coat of arms, Albernás coat of arms, Albornoz coat of arms, Albuquerque coat of arms, Alcácova coat of arms, Alcoforado coat of arms, Aldana coat of arms,
		Alderete coat of arms, Alfaro coat of arms, Alma coat of arms, Almada coat of arms, Almansa coat of arms, Amaral coat of arms, Ambia coat of arms, Amorim coat of arms, Anaia coat of arms,
		Andrade coat of arms, Angulo coat of arms, Antascoat of arms, Antunes coat of arms, Aragão coat of arms, Aranha coat of arms, Arantes coat of arms, Arca coat of arms, Arco coat of arms,
	www3.sympatico.ca /geoles (5029 words)

	Spanish Coat of Arms- Presidio of San Francisco
		The Presidio adopted the Coat of Arms of Royal Spain for heraldry purposes.
		A symbol of the Holy Roman Empire brought to Spain by Emperor Charles V (I of Spain) in 1530.
		The rampant lions are derived from the Kingdom of Leon.
	www.nps.gov /prsf/history/coat_of_arms.htm (181 words)

	COSA: Coat of Arms
		Research conducted by Vicente de Cardenas y Vicent, Herald, King of Arms, Dean of the Corps of Heralds for Spain, revealed that a Coat of Arms for the City had indeed been authorized for the City by King Philip V on November 26, 1715.
		This portion of the shield corresponds to the arms of the former kingdom of Castille.
		It was placed on the coat of arms to honor the military garrison in St. Augustine for it was a Spanish military outpost.
	www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us /commission/coatarms.html (553 words)

	Coat-of-Arms (Spain) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The arms are borne by an imperial double-headed eagle sable, surmounted by an imperial crown, surrounded with the collar of the Golden Fleece and accompanied by the pillars of Hercules and the motto PLUS ULTRA.
		The arms are crowned with an open royal crown, placed on an eagle displayed sable, surrounded with the pillars of Hercules, the yoke and the bundle of arrows of the Reyes Católicos [as on the 1945-1977 flag].
		The arms of Bourbon were added in 1700 after Charles II (the last Habsburg Spanish king) died, and Felipe V from the house of Bourbon became king of Spain.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/es-arms.html (1919 words)

	Spain - Jokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales or National Assembly.
		Spain is, at present, what is called a State of Autonomies, formally unitary but, in fact, functioning as a Federation of Autonomous Communities, each one with different powers (for instance, some have their own educational and health systems, others do not) and laws.
		Spain is bound to the east by Mediterranean Sea (containing the Balearic Islands), to the north by the Bay of Biscay and to its west by the Atlantic Ocean, where the Canary Islands off the African coast are found.
	www.jokes.eu.com /wiki/index.php?title=Spain (3923 words)

	History and heraldics of Galicia, Spain. Coat of arms of Galicia
		Heraldry appeared for practical reasons: the medieval combatant, with his head hidden by the hood of the coat of mail and the nose piece of the helmet, had to use signs so as to be recognized by his companions in battle.
		The defensive coat of arms was the first natural medium of expression which contributed to his identification.
		The background colour of the coat of arms has been blue since the 15th Century and today the crosses are preferably silver.
	www.idealspain.com /Pages/Places/galicia_history.htm (345 words)

	Welcome to the Netherlands
		Originally it consisted of the red lion of the Province of Holland, taken from its coat of arms, on a gold field, and later, of a gold lion on a red field.
		3 Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
		This coat of arms is a combination of the arms of the Royal Family (Orange-Nassau) and the arrows and sword of the 17th-century Dutch Republic.
	www.minbuza.nl /?CMS_ITEM=MBZ460652 (1367 words)

	Coat of arms of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spanish Coat of Arms is composed of six other coats of arms:
		On either side of the Coat of Arms are the Pillars of Hercules, an ancient name given to the Straits of Gibraltar.
		The symbol of the Pillars was first used by King Charles I of Spain who was also Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, which explains the presence of the Imperial Crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain (277 words)

	Official Alabama Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The bill to legalize a state coat of arms was introduced in the Alabama Legislature of 1939 by James Simpson, Jefferson County, and was passed without a dissenting vote by both houses.
		The coat of arms consists of a shield on which appears the emblems of the five governments that have held sovereignty over Alabama.
		The original design of the Alabama coat of arms was made in 1923 by B. Tieman, New York, an authority on heraldry, at the request of Marie Bankhead Owen, Director of the Department of Archives and History.
	www.archives.state.al.us /emblems/st_coa.html (253 words)

	spains flag, it's meaning and origin
		Spain´s flag (the national one) is as colorful as the country itself with its red and yellow horizontal triband.
		The red and golden-yellow colors of Spains flag were first used as long ago as the late 1700s by the King of Spain as he tried to easily differentiate his ships from those of other countries.
		Spain is divided into 17 different regions or autonomous communities and each community also has its own regional flag.
	www.costadelsol-vacationrentals.com /spains-flag.html (457 words)

	Lesser Coat-of-Arms 1785-1931 (Spain) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		coat of arms: per pale (castle: yellow)
		coat of arms: per pale (lion: red)
		English blazon: Per pale dexter Gules a castle triple-towered Or masoned Sable gate and windows Azure (Castile) and sinister Argent a lion Purpure langued and armed Gules crowned Or (Leon); crest: a royal crown proper.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/es)1785~.html (191 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.
	www.coatofarms-shop.com /coatofarm5.html (653 words)

	America-Spain: Parallel Frontiers: Columbus/ Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		According to the blazon specified in letters patent dated May 20, 1493, Columbus was to bear in the first and the second quarters the royal charges of Castile and Leon -- the castle and the lion -- but with different tinctures or colors.
		In the third quarter would be islands in a wavy sea, and in the fourth, the customary arms of his family.
		Columbus's bold usurpation of the royal arms, as well as his choice of additional symbols, help to define his personality and his sense of the significance of his service to the Spanish monarchs.
	www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/frontiers/columbcoat.html (379 words)

	Coats of Arms (Family Crests) & Surname Histories
		Your source for surname ancient coat of arms and surname histories: House of Names features historically authentic arms prints and histories of last names, that are based on over 35 years of research.
		Our coat of arms prints were drawn to heraldic standards, by artists, based on the blazon of the earliest known arms associated with a surname.
		The source materials used for our coats of arms and histories were chosen for their reliability and authenticity.
	houseofnames.com /xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Spain/...?a=54323-224 (703 words)

	Amarillas Coat of Arms, Family Crest from Family-crests.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Amarillas Coat of Arms: Azure, a spur or.
		Every coat of arms / family crest on the Family-crests.com website is authentically researched by a trained team of researches, ensuring that every coat of arms, including the above Amarillas coat of arms is 100% genuine.
		The Amarillas Coat of Arms shield is colorfully hand painted to an excellent standard, to give you an authentic and wonderful plaque that you will be proud to show to family and friends.
	www.family-crests.com /coat-of-arms/family-crest/a/amarillas-coat-arms-35349.html (937 words)

	Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The coat-of-arms of Spain shall have a height of 2/5ths the width [i.e.
		When the flag of Spain has the usual proportions, a length of three halves its width, the [vertical] axis of the coat-of-arms shall be placed at a distance from the hoist of half the flag's width.
		In Spain, the most frequent alternative to flying a flag half mast to indicate mourning is to stitch a small piece of fl material (either a short cravatte or a squarish piece of material — occasionally even a fl handkerchief) to the centre of the flag.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/es.html (1025 words)

	Abade Coat of Arms, Family Crest from Family-crests.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Abade Coat of Arms: Vert, a lion rampant or.
		Every coat of arms / family crest on the Family-crests.com website is authentically researched by a trained team of researches, ensuring that every coat of arms, including the above Abade coat of arms is 100% genuine.
		The Abade Coat of Arms shield is colorfully hand painted to an excellent standard, to give you an authentic and wonderful plaque that you will be proud to show to family and friends.
	www.family-crests.com /coat-of-arms/family-crest/a/abade-coat-arms-22.html (938 words)

	suriname coat of arms and other suriname related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Coat of arms of Suriname [ edit ] Swaziland Flag of Swaziland Coat of arms of Swaziland [ edit ] Sweden Flag of Sweden Coat of arms of Sweden [ edit ] Switzerland Flag of Switzerland Coat of arms of Switzerland [ edit ]...
		Arms and flags of the Landkreis Erding (Upper Bavaria) Heraldry in Iceland - An introduction to...
		The Coat of Arms of Suriname The coat of arms of Suriname consists of two Indians holding a shield.
	www.nethorde.com /suriname/suriname-coat-of-arms.html (311 words)

	Coat-of-Arms (Basque Country, Spain)
		the fact that the presence of the Navarran Arms in the coat of arms of the Basque governement is a vindication of Navarre by the Basque Government.
		The Constitutional Court (highest Court of Justice in Spain) agreed, and the Basque Government had to leave the 4th quarter empty, with a red background as had previously shown, but without the chains that stand for the ancient Kingdom of Navarre.
		This coat-of-arms shows not only the arms of the three provinces composing the current Basque Country proper (Spanish autonomous region), but also those of Navarre, which is mostly in other Spanish autonomous region (Comunidad Foral de Navarra) and has a smaller part in France (Lower Navarre).
	flagspot.net /flags/es)pv.html (1662 words)

	coat of arms picture directory - PeopleArchive.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		coat of arms family coat of arms family crest coat of arms picture.
		The family coat of arms picture with family crest shown here is just one symbol of..
		The family coat of arms picture and family crest are both of high quality..
	www.peoplearchive.org /coat-of-arms/coat-of-arms-picture.php (1027 words)

	Coat of Arms Shop - Whats in A Name? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.
	www.coatofarms-shop.com /whatsinaname23.html (485 words)

	Belarus article - Belarus ru landlocked Eastern Europe Minsk Flag Belarus Coat Arms Belarus - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The natural resources of Belarus are forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, and clay.
		The images show the white-red-white flag (бел-чырвона-белы сцяг) and the Chase (Пагоня, Pahonya) coat of arms.
		These historical symbols were adopted as the official national symbols of the Republic of Belarus from the time it got its independence in July 1991 and until the Referendum of 1995.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Belarus (841 words)

	What's Your Coat of Arms? Online Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Each family coat of arms was an icon, a pictorial form of the family name.
		While the "When" of family Coat of Arms started is argued worldwide by historians and heralds, all agree that Coat of Arms have been used since at least 1066 A.D. Some argue family coat of arms were in ancient Rome and Greece.
		Each country is different with their own laws, which is why in over 35 years of research of family coat of arms that we first research the history of the family.
	www.myroots.com /coatofarms.htm (507 words)

	Family-crests.com - Your Coat of Arms / Family Crest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Welcome to the internet's most popular coat of arms shop, we have a massive range of coat of arms products for you to browse and buy at great prices featuring your own coat of arms, or clan crest.
		Every coat of arms product is unique to Family-crests.com so you will not find it anywhere else.
		If you are looking for the ideal company logo, or would like to have a coat of arms made especially for you by our heraldic artists then look no further than this product.
	family-crests.com /coat-of-arms/family-crest/a/... (208 words)

	Spain Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
		We have researched the Spain family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
		In the Spain coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
		Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Spain/Spain_family_Crest/Spain_coat_of_arms/qx/Spain.htm?a=54323-224 (496 words)

	Royal Coats of Arms; Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Prince William
		Anne -- In 1707, the arms of England and Scotland were moved to the first and fourth quarters, the arms of France in the second, and the arms of Ireland in the third.
		The arms of England then occupied the first and fourth quarters, the arms of Scotland the second, and the arms of Ireland the third.
		This is a simple depiction of the general arms for the Kings of France.
	www.fleurdelis.com /royal.htm (713 words)

	Coat of Arms of the Rodrigue
		The Coat of Arms will represent a sign of recognition among the Rodrigue as well as a unique means of identification.
		Based on that information, a tentative Coat of Arms has been submitted to the Administrative Council of the Association, which has accepted it.
		A color reproduction of the Coat of Arms, on 8.5 x 11 inches glazed cardboard, together with the description of the Coat of Arms, also on glazed cardboard of the same size (please note that, for the moment, the description is only available in French)
	www.genealogie.org /famille/rodrigue/english/coat_of_arms.html (417 words)

	Variants of the National Flag (Spain)
		The flag of Spain is made of three horizontal stripes red, yellow and red, the yellow one being twice as wide as each of the red ones.
		The flag of Spain, according to what is specified in article four of the Spanish Constitution, is made of three horizontal stripes red, yellow and red, the yellow one being twice as wide as each of the red ones.
		The yellow stripe may bear the coat-of-arms of Spain in the way which shall be legally approved.
	www.fotw.net /flags/es_var.html (1335 words)

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