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The coat of arms of Gibraltar was first granted by a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo on July 10, 1502, by Isabella I of Castile during Gibraltar's Spanish period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/national-symbols )〕 The arms consists of an escutcheon and features a three-towered red castle under which hangs a golden key. ==Heraldic description== The arms were described in the Royal Warrant as consisting of: The arms consist of a shield parted ''per fess'': * 1st Division: Two thirds Argent, a triple-towered castle of Gules, masoned and ajouré of Sable. * 2nd Division: One third Gules, a key of Or hanging by a chain also of Or from the castle. The castle has its roots in the heraldry of the Kingdom of Castile, the largest and most important medieval Spanish kingdom, of which Isabella was Queen. The preamble to the warrant granting the coat of arms to Gibraltar said:〔 The idea of Gibraltar being the key to Spain or the Mediterranean originated well before the Spanish conquest. The followers of Tariq ibn-Ziyad, who invaded Spain via Gibraltar in 711, are said to have adopted the symbol of the key when they settled in Granada.〔Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, ''A Year in Spain'', p. 332. Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829.〕 The coat of arms was accompanied by the inscription "Seal of the noble city of Gibraltar, the Key of Spain". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coat of arms of Gibraltar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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