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FAMILY CASTORENA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Castorena.

Genealogy of family Castorena, origin of Castorena, provenance of the family name Castorena.

History and meaning for Castorena.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Castorena.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Castorena.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Castorena:

1) The origin of the family name Castorena.

2) The meaning of the family name Castorena.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Castorena.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Castorena.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Castorena:

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

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We put at your disposal the heraldic, the coat of arms and crest for this family name in various formats: The images that appear here are examples and none of them belong to the coat of arms for the name Castorena:

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Castorena.
heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

Coat of arms for Castorena and the history and origin for the family name Castorena in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

coat of arms sticker for Castorena

Coat of arms for the name Castorena in sticker, and its history in other document. Or stickers of what you want, personalized.

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Castorena appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Castorena. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Castorena.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* LAUREL: The Laurel is a symbol of Good Fame, and due to the perpetual greenness of its leaves, of Imperecedera Victoria.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* EMPIRE: The Head of the Empire, belonging to Italian heraldry, represents a political alliance with the Ghibelline party (derived from the Hohenstaufen, Lords of Waibling) who were loyal to the Emperor.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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* DRAGON: The Dragon symbolizes the most exquisite Care and Vigilance.

* CASTLE: The Castle, due to the superiority of its strength over other buildings, denotes Greatness and Power, used to defend friends and allies, resisting the enemy invincibly.

* The family name Castorena appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Castorena as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Castorena

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