Todi

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TODI

Region: Umbria
Province : Perugia

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Official blazon

Di rosso, all'aquila di argento col volo abbassato, le ali caricate da due aquilotti di nero, entrambi con la testa a destra, essa aquila coronata con corona all'antica di argento di cinque punte visibili, afferrante con gli artigli il bastone scorciato, posto in fascia, di nero, col drappo di argento panneggiato sul bastone, convesso verso la punta, con le estremità ricadenti in palo, bastone e drappo attraversanti la coda dell'aquila.

Origin/meaning

The arms were not officially granted.

The arms show an eagle with a sheet. This is based on a legend on the foundation of the city, a few centuries BC. The local Umbrians started to built their city, when an eagle holding a sheet appeared in the sky. The eagle placed the sheet on a much better position for the city, and the Umbrians decided to move their city to the placed it still is.

Literature : Image provided by Massimo Ghirardi info from http://www.araldicacivica.it