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Visconti's coat of arms, the Biscione, marked the façade of minor Milanese churches under their patronage, making them recognizable today (San Cristoforo, Santa Maria Incoronata). [176] Regina Della Scala, the wife of Bernabò, erected the Santa Maria della Scala church , named after her surname.
The coat of arms of the Visconti of Milan showing the biscione wearing a crown. The biscione [a] (English: "big grass snake"), less commonly known also as the vipera, [b] is in heraldry a charge consisting of a divine serpent in the act of giving birth to a child.
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is an erect serpent in silver on a red field. The fabulous animal is called in Italian "Biscione". This animal, which can also be found on the arms of the Alfa Romeo car company, is linked with the Visconti of Milan, who were feudal lords of Bellinzona in the 14th and 15th centuries. [9]
After the first houses the castle appears in its imposing dimensions near the church of Santa Maria. Three towers remain of the castle: two of them on both sides of the southern gate, perhaps the original entrance, surmounted by the usual Biscione. At the center of the castle stands the main tower.
A buffalo coat is a heavy winter garment made from the bison, which also commonly known as the "buffalo" (though not closely related to African or Asian buffaloes). In North America they descended from the simpler, sleeveless buffalo robes worn by the Indigenous peoples of North America prior to their partial replacement by capotes made of ...
Coats is a town in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] Coats is a part of the Anderson Creek Micropolitan Area, which is a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau .
The Duchy of Milan (Italian: Ducato di Milano; Lombard: Ducaa de Milan) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had been ruling the city since 1277.
Pico is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy.It is bounded by other comunes of San Giovanni Incarico, Campodimele, Pontecorvo, Pastena and Lenola.