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Plus ultra. The coat of arms of Spain, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules bearing the motto plus ultra. Wooden panelling in Charles V's palace in the Alhambra. Motto of the city of Binche, Belgium. Plus ultra ( Latin: [pluːs ˈʊltraː], Spanish: [plus ˈultɾa], English: "Further beyond") is a Latin phrase and the national motto of Spain.
The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bolded. A state motto is used to describe the intent or motivation of the state in a short phrase. For example, it can be included on a country's flag, coat of arms, or ...
Francoist Spain's coat of arms incorporates the mottos "Una Grande Libre" and Plus Ultra. It consists of the traditional Spanish escutcheon (the arms of Castile, León, Aragon, Navarre and Granada), as well as other heraldic icons such as the Pillars of Hercules. It includes elements adopted from the Catholic Monarchs such as the Eagle of Saint ...
El Cid. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid ( Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id] ), and the ...
Philippine Independent Church: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country) Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: opus iustitiae pax (peace is the fruit of justice) Pontificate of Pope Francis: Miserando Atque Eligendo (by having mercy and by choosing) Salvation Army: Blood and Fire.
Spain, [ f] formally the Kingdom of Spain, [ g][ h] is a country in southwestern Europe. [ 11][ i] It is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic ...
Spanish nationalism is a justification of the centralist Spanish state, according to Borja de Riquer. In this sense, it is the historical result of well-known political-ideological-economic interests, [weasel words] in the minds of some pressure groups, among which he mentions many elites of the "Hispanic peoples". [13]
C. Catalan donkey. Coat of arms of Spain. Coat of arms of the Second Spanish Republic. Cockade of Spain. Cross of Burgundy.