Coat of arms of Bratislava
The coat of arms of Bratislava (German: Pressburg, Hungarian: Pozsony), Slovakia, has been used since 1436, when Sigismund of Luxembourg granted the town the right to use its own coat of arms. The coat of arms depicts, on a red late Gothic background, a silver three-towered fortification with a gate in the centre.[1] There are two golden spheres on top of each tower and a golden half-raised portcullis in the gate.
Coat of arms of Bratislava | |
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Armiger | Capital City of Bratislava |
Adopted | 1436 |
It is a common misconception that the coat of arms represents the Bratislava Castle or any of the city's four medieval gates (Michael's Gate, Laurinc Gate, Fish [or Fishermen's] Gate or Vydrica Gate). In reality, it simply shows a general depiction of a medieval town.
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A hanging portcullis in Bratislava's Old Town, showing the city coat of arms in the centre
See also
References
- "Description of coat of arms of Bratislava". www.bratislava.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2007-05-01.
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