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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.
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 ...
Republic of China (Taiwan): No official motto. Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare ( Chinese: 民族、民權、民生) is the motto of the Kuomintang and ROC government. Colombia: Freedom and order (Spanish: Libertad y orden ). [ 29] Comoros: Unity, Solidarity, Development ( French: Unité, Solidarité, Développement ).
Coat of arms of Spain. The coat of arms of Spain represents Spain and the Spanish nation, including its national sovereignty and the country's form of government, a constitutional monarchy. It appears on the flag of Spain and it is used by the Government of Spain, the Cortes Generales, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and other ...
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 ...
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.
t. e. The Royal Spanish Academy ( Spanish: Real Academia Española [reˈal akaˈðemja espaˈɲola], generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanophone nations ...