Coat o airms o Spain

The current coat o airms o Spain, tho it haes its ruits centuries back, wis approved bi law 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 Spain Additional heraldic seembols Airms Meanin Details Kinrick o Castile 1st quarter Gules, a three touered castle Or, masoned sable an ajouré azure. Kinrick o León 2nt quarter Argent, a lion rampant purpure(sometimes blazoned gules) crouned Or, langued an airmed gules. Croun o Aragon 3rd quarter Or, fower pallets gules. Kinrick o Navarre 4t quarter Gules, a cross, saltire an orle o chains linked thegither Or, a centre pynt vert. Kinrick o Granada enté en pynt Argent, a pomegranate proper seedit gules, supportit, sculptit an leaft in twa leafs vert. Airms Meanin Details Hoose o Bourbon (Anjou Branch) Inescutcheon Azure bordure gules, three fleur-de-lis Or Oval in the offeecial version. Pillars o Hercules Supporters an auncient name gien tae the Strait o Gibraltar. The slogan plus ultra means 'forder ayont' in Laitin Imperial croun (Holy Roman Empire, Austrian version) Top o supporter Keeng Charles I o Spain's croun. He wis Holy Roman Emperor Charles V an aw (Imperial croun's later appearance) Spaingie Ryal croun (Heraldic crown) Helm & Top o supporter Or 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, 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 xxx pantone 186 pantone 877 pantone 872 pantone 3415 pantone 2935 pantone 218 pantone 1345 BLACK REID SILLER GOWD SEA GREEN BLUE PURPIE CHAMPAGNE