Coat o airms o Spain

The current coat o airms o Spain, tho it haes its ruits centuries back, wis approved bi law Ley 33/1981, de 5 de octubre (BOE nº 250, de 19 de octubre de 1981). Escudo de España in 1981, whan the present establisht replaced the interim version whilk, in turn, replaced the offeecial airms o Francoist Spain. The coat o airms appears in the banner o Spain.

The Spaingie coat o airms seembolizes the kintra, the auld kinricks o Spain, the Ryal Croun, the Imperial Croun, the Constitutional monarchy, the Spaingie naitional slogan: Plus Ultra, an the Pillars o Hercules wi the Spaingie geographic situation.

 Features 

The Spaingie coat o airms is componed o sax ither airms an some additional heraldic seembols:

Kinricks o SpainAdditional heraldic seembolsAirmsMeaninDetails 100pxKinrick o Castile1st quarterGules, a three touered castle Or, masoned sable an ajouré azure. 100pxKinrick o León2nt quarterArgent, a lion rampant purpure(sometimes blazoned gules) crouned Or, langued an airmed gules. 100pxCroun o Aragon3rd quarterOr, fower pallets gules. 100pxKinrick o Navarre4t quarterGules, a cross, saltire an orle o chains linked thegither Or, a centre pynt vert. 100pxKinrick o Granadaenté en pyntArgent, a pomegranate proper seedit gules, supportit, sculptit an leaft in twa leafs vert.AirmsMeaninDetails 100pxHoose o Bourbon(Anjou Branch)InescutcheonAzure bordure gules, three fleur-de-lis OrOval in the offeecial version. 75pxPillars o HerculesSupportersan auncient name gien tae the Strait o Gibraltar. The slogan plus ultra means 'forder ayont' in Laitin 150pxImperial croun (Holy Roman Empire, Austrian version)Top o supporterKeeng Charles I o Spain's croun. He wis Holy Roman Emperor Charles V an aw (Imperial croun's later appearance) 150pxSpaingie Ryal croun(Heraldic crown) Helm & Top o supporterOr an precious stanes, wi aicht rosettes, five visible, an aicht pearls interspersed, closed at the tap bi aicht diamonds an aa adorned wi pearls an surmountit bi a cross on a globe

The present design, in maugre o criticism bi heraldic experts, Heraldica Hispanica  is regulate bi:

Act 33/1981, datit 5 October, on the Coat o Airms o Spain (Offeecial Gazette nº 250, datit 19 October)
Ryal Decree 2964/1981, datit 18 December, approvin the offeecial Coat o Airms o Spain (Offeecial Gazette nº 221, datit 15 September)
Ryal Decree 2267/1982, dated 3 September, technically specifeein the colours o the Arms o Spain (offeecial Gazette nº 221, dated 15 September)

The Monarch haes his ain personal airms.

 Chromatic colours o the Spaingie airms 

pantone xxxpantone 186pantone 877pantone 872pantone 3415pantone 2935pantone 218pantone 1345BLACKREIDSILLERGOWDSEA GREENBLUEPURPIECHAMPAGNE        

 References 

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