Mantova

MANTOVA

Official blazon
Italian	D’argento alla croce piena di rosso accantonata alla destra del capo della testa di Virgilio al naturale posta di fronte, attorcigliata di un serto di alloro, con ornamenti esteriori da città.
English	Argent a cross entire gules in the dexter canton the bust of Virgil affronty proper crowned with a laurel wreath; ensigned with a mural crown befitting a city.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 26, 1941.

Publius Vergilius Maro (the poet Virgil) was born in Andes near Mantua 15 Oct BC 70, according to later Roman commentators. The cross has been used a symbol for the city since medieval times. To distinguish the arms from other arms with a singe red cross, the bust was added.

Image gallery

The arms around 1500
The arms around 1500 (variant)
The arms around 1550
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
The arms in a 16th century manuscript
(Arms of the Gonzaga family)
The arms in an album +/- 1905
The arms in the Brioschi albums 1930s
The arms on a Fassi trade card
The arms in the Abadie albums

Literature: : Image from http://www.araldicacivica.it

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