Coat of arms of Constantine
The coat of arms of Constantine
Cut Azure and Gueule seasoned Argent with Fish in point of the same Crowned with a wall crown Or with five battlements, On the gay horse Sable.
Azure represents the Algerian sky, gules (from a Persian word meaning colors) symbolize the desert; or, according to another meaning, the Rhumel gorges (described by Guy de Maupassant as a 'red abyss as if the eternal flames had burned it').
The chevron represents the confluence upstream and near Constantine of Oueds Rhumel and Bou Merzoug. Some believe they see the spur of the Arab horsemen there.
Cut Azure and Gueule seasoned Argent with Fish in point of the same Crowned with a wall crown Or with five battlements, On the gay horse Sable.
Azure represents the Algerian sky, gules (from a Persian word meaning colors) symbolize the desert; or, according to another meaning, the Rhumel gorges (described by Guy de Maupassant as a 'red abyss as if the eternal flames had burned it').
The chevron represents the confluence upstream and near Constantine of Oueds Rhumel and Bou Merzoug. Some believe they see the spur of the Arab horsemen there.