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The city of Laval is represented by many symbols. Mainly a tartan, coat of arms and a flag.
The coat of arms consist of sixteen alerions divided in fourths by a red cross. Said red cross contains five shells. Atop it all is a mural crown and on the bottom is a scroll in which is written: ″Unité, Progrès, Grandeur″. The flag is the logo of Laval, which is a 3-d ″L″ with a 70s typography on the right the typography spells out ″Laval″. The whole in a beige background. The tartan was made in 1988 and contains blue, purple and white combined with blue.
Coat of arms
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The coat of arms were adopted in 1965 and are inspired by those of Monseigneur de Laval the first bishop of new France. The cross which contains five shells represent the five original parishes in 1870, whom formed to make five administrative identities until 1912: Saint-Martin, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Sainte-Rose, Saint-François and Sainte-Dorothée. From 1912 to 1959, the number went from five to sixteen. This is the symbolism of the sixteen alerions divided in fourths by the red cross. The six towers, which forms the mural crown, represent the six electoral districts. The motto ″Unité, Progrès, Grandeur″ which means ″Unity, Progress, Grandeur″ in English, is a crescendo: Unity leads to progress which leads to grandeur.[1]
Blazon
editArms: Argent with a cross Gules, loaded with five gold shells quartered with sixteen azure alerions;
Crest: A wall crown of six gold towers;
Tartan
editThe tartan, which is used in galas and or to represent the region, was designed by Pierrette Larose.[2] However, Les Tisserains de Laval hold Scottish accreditation for the creation of the tartan of the City of Laval. [3] It was registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans. The purple and blue are Laval's official colors. They evoke the quality of life, wealth and development of a human city. The white combined with blue and red represents the French and British origins.[4]
Flag
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The creator and adoption of the flag is unknown. It is of a 1:2 proportion. However, the emblem was adopted on May 5, 1975. Laval has recently thought of replacing the logo with the help of an full-service communication firm.[5] The cubes represent Laval's development. The block build to make an ″L″ which makes the emblem serve as logo. Purple is traditionally associated with wealth and in the emblem represents economic potential. Like the tartan, the blue symbolizes the quality of life and development of a human city. The letters who spell ″Laval″ are connected to evoke the merger of the municipalities in 1965. [6]
References
edit- ^ "Les Armoiries de Laval". Opinions-The Citizen. September 8, 1965. p. 48. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Qui sommes-nous?". Les Tisserins de Laval. 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Les Tisserins de Laval, déjà 40 ans !". Courrier Laval. 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tartan Details - Laval, Tartan de". The Scottish Register of Tartans. 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Frank, Robert (October 5, 2016). "Will Laval ditch its lazy-L logo?". The Suburban. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Introducing Laval" (PDF). City of Laval. 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
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