And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"The Visconti serpent is the heraldic symbol representing Milan’s Visconti family. Some people say it’s a dragon, but the Alfa Romeo symbol definitely shows a snake eating a human. The snake-eating-man symbol, also known as a Biscione, was the symbol for the influential Visconti family of 11th-century Milan. The family gained control of the city in 1277, and the Biscione became associated with Milan itself..."
The shake is swallowing a man! What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteI believe that the original emblem had the snake with the king crown eating a naked baby. Some original heraldry crest I think.
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ReplyDelete"The Visconti serpent is the heraldic symbol representing Milan’s Visconti family. Some people say it’s a dragon, but the Alfa Romeo symbol definitely shows a snake eating a human. The snake-eating-man symbol, also known as a Biscione, was the symbol for the influential Visconti family of 11th-century Milan. The family gained control of the city in 1277, and the Biscione became associated with Milan itself..."
ReplyDeleteBack when they were real cloisonne badges...
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