Coat o airms o Monaco
The Ryal Airms o His Serene Hieness Prince Albert II are his arms o dominion in richt o Monaco.
Features
[eedit | eedit soorce]Interior
[eedit | eedit soorce]The central shield is "blazoned" (describit in the technical leid o heraldry), fusily (or lozengy) argent an gules.
Exterior
[eedit | eedit soorce]The monks supportin the shield in the coat o airms allude tae the conquest o Monaco in 1297, when François Grimaldi entered the ceety wi sodgers dressed as monks, wi swords hidden unner thair cassocks.
The collar surroondin the shield represents the Order o St. Charles.
Motto
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Grimaldi motto, Deo Juvante, is Laitin for "Wi God's help".
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Velde, François. "Monaco". Heraldica. Retrieved 25 Mairch 2005.