Canary Islands Coat of Arms

Canary Islands Coat of Arms
Details
Heraldic shield	silver triangles
Sign holder	brown dogs
Motto (motto)	Océano

The coat of arms of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands , which has been used in different versions since 1982, goes back to older designs. The appearance of today's version was determined in 2005.

Earlier versions of the coat of arms

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  Coat of arms at the Hospital Civil today Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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  Coat of arms on the concert hall of the Sociedad Musical Santa Cecilia today Parlamento de Canarias

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  Coat of arms on a tapestry on the front of the Parlamento de Canarias

On August 16, 1982, the Canary Islands Statute of Autonomy (Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias) was published in the Spanish Official Gazette. As a result, the Spanish Parliament created the Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias as a state body. The coat of arms is laid down in Article 6 (2) of the Act .

The coat of arms described in the Statute of Autonomy is based on the coat of arms used earlier for the Canary Islands. The main elements were the seven islands, shown in silver, on a blue background and the dogs as shield holders . Coats of arms from before 1982 can be found on various buildings in the Canary Islands. z. B. At the Hospital Civil (today Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, completed in 1895, or at the concert hall of the Sociedad Musical Santa Cecilia (today Parlamento de Canarias) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Even before the autonomy of the Canary Islands, a coat of arms of the Canary Islands was used on official announcements.

The legal definition

Article 6 (2) of the Canary Islands Statute of Autonomy describes the coat of arms as follows: In a blue field there are seven silver islands. They are evenly arranged two, two, two and one each. The last one is in the top. Above the shield is a golden royal crown and above it a silver ribbon with the motto "Océano" in black. Shield holders are two dogs in their color. You wear a collar. (En campo de azur trae siete islas de plata bien ordenadas, dos, dos, dos y una, esta última en punta. Como timbre una corona real de oro, surmontada de una cinta de plata con el lema "Océano" de sable y como soportes dos canes en su color encollarados.) This description of the coat of arms in the Statute of Autonomy allows many design variants to z. B. for the shape of the islands, the shape of the dogs or the exact color scheme. Even the shape of the escutcheon is not specified. This openness made it possible for the black and white version of the coat of arms to be repeatedly adapted to current tastes.

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  Coat of arms before 1982

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  Coat of arms 1984

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  Coat of arms 1986

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  Coat of arms 1990

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  Coat of arms 2005

The color version of the official coat of arms has also been changed. In the version from 2005, the shading in the dogs and the mountains of the islands have been omitted and the islands are represented as uniform triangles. Since 2005, the government offices of the Canary Islands have been using a greatly simplified form of the coat of arms for printed matter and other public appearances (e.g. construction signs, car lettering, work clothes).

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  Coat of arms 1982

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  Coat of arms 1990

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  Coat of arms 2005

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  Canarian Government Coat of Arms 2005

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gobierno de Canarias: Manual de Identidad Corporativa Grafica. (PDF; 7.7 MB) November 24, 2005, accessed on May 24, 2012 (Spanish, corporate design manual of the Government of the Canary Islands). 
2. ↑ Cortes Generales: Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias. (No longer available online.) August 16, 1982, archived from the original on October 5, 2011 ; Retrieved May 24, 2012 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ José M. Erbez: simbolos de canarias. Banderas y Escudos de las Islas. Retrieved June 7, 2012 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Cortes Generales: Ley Orgánica 10/1982, de 10 de agosto, de Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias. (No longer available online.) August 16, 1982, archived from the original on October 5, 2011 ; Retrieved May 24, 2012 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article 6 paragraph 2  

See also

• Canary Islands flag

Web links

• Gobierno de Canarias: Manual de Identidad Corporativa Grafica. (PDF; 7.7 MB) November 24, 2005, accessed May 24, 2012 (Spanish). 
• José M. Erbez: simbolos de canarias. Banderas y Escudos de las Islas. Retrieved June 7, 2012 (Spanish).