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FAMILY GANÇO: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Ganço.

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

History and meaning for Ganço.

Ganço is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Ganço an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Ganço:

1) The origin of the family name Ganço.

2) The meaning of the family name Ganço.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Ganço.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Ganço.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Ganço have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Portugal.

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

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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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 Ganço:

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The history and heraldry of the family name Ganço appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Ganço are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Ganço.

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

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

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

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

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* EYE: The Eye is a symbol of Ingenuity and Capacity, if both are painted it symbolizes Vigilance and Care.

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* WOLVES: The Wolves are a symbol of a Constant Heart that suffers the calamities of war and siege with generous spirit; but when the time comes to fight in the open field, he fiercely fights, without giving his enemy a barracks.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* PALM: The Palm Tree symbolizes Victory and Triumph.

* LION: The Lion symbolizes the Generously Warrior Spirit, adorned with the qualities of Vigilance, Dominion, Sovereignty, Majesty and Bravery.

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

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