Tortona

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TORTONA

Region: Piemonte
Province : Alessandria

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Official blazon

Di rosso al un leone d’argento linguato ed armato, tenente con le zampe anteriori una rosa fogliata e fiorita d’argento. Sormontato da una corona marchionale.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 28, 1935.

The arms date from medieval times and show a lion holding a rose. The lion most likely is a symbol of force, the rose of grace.

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The arms in the Brioschi albums 1930s

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