Vatican City Coat of Arms

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Vatican City Coat of Arms
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Introduced July 7, 1929

The coat of arms of the Vatican City was introduced as the national coat of arms with the constitution of July 7, 1929 ; Until then, the coat of arms of the reigning Pope was always used, from which the coat of arms of the Vatican City is derived. Nevertheless, the coat of arms of the Vatican City is to be distinguished from both the personal coat of arms of the Pope and the coat of arms of the Holy See (which in turn is contained in the flag of the Vatican City ).

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The coat of arms of the Vatican City shows the keys of Peter under the tiara , the ribbons of which wrap the ends of the keys. In contrast to the papal coat of arms and the coat of arms of the Holy See , the beard of the golden key in the coat of arms of the Vatican City points to the right (= heraldic left).

As in the papal coat of arms , the tasseled ends of the red cord are first looped around the intersection of the keys and then passed through the key laces, from where they hang loosely vertically downwards.

The whole thing is on a red coat of arms; Red was the traditional papal color until 1808. In 1808 Pope Pius VII chose yellow (gold) and white as the new papal colors, as can also be seen on the flag of Vatican City .

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