Alicante

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ALICANTE - ALACANT

Region : Comunidad Valenciana
Province : Alicante

Escudo de Alicante/Arms (crest) of Alicante
Official blazon
Spanish En campo de gules,, sobre ondas de azur y plata, una peña de rostro humano, sumada de un castillo de oro, almenado, mazonado y aclarado de gules, sumado a su vez de un losange, de oro, con cuatro palos de gules, y acompañado a la diestra por las letras A y L (Acra Leuka), y a la siniestra L y A (Lucentum Alicante) de oro y puestas en palo. Rodea al escudo el toisón de oro.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The town was liberated from the Moors in the 13th century by James I of Aragon. The arms show the arms of Valencia above a tower, symbolizing the fact that the city was a fortress in the Valencia region. The letters are the initials of the city during the centuries : A-L for Akra Leuka (during the Gree-Carthagean era), L for Lucentum (during the Roman era) and A for Alicante (since the Arabic times).

The rock (el Monte Benecantil) on which the castle (el castillo de Santa Bárbara) is standing on is in the shape of a human face. This is because the rock - a completely natural formation - does actually look like a human face if looked at from the sea; it is known as the Moor's Face, see below

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The rock in Alicante, from www.alicante.es

The arms are surrounded by the Order of the Golden Fleece. This chain was deed by King Philip V in recognition of the support he received from the city against his opponent during the War of Spanish Succession.

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The arms on a stamp
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The arms on a cigar band
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The arms on a street sign (image ‎Eduardo Panizo Gómez‎)

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Index of the site de Cadenas, A. A. and de Cadenas, V. : Heraldica de las comunidades autonomas y de las capitales de provincia. Hidalguia, Madrid, 1985; Louda, J. : European Civic Heraldry. Hamlyn, London, 1966;