FAMILY LA PORTA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name La porta

Coat of arms and family crest of La porta.

Genealogy of family La porta, origin of La porta, provenance of the family name La porta.

History and meaning for La porta.

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

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name La porta.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name La porta:

1) The origin of the family name La porta.

2) The meaning of the family name La porta.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name La porta.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name La porta.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

Are you proud to belong to your family? Do you want to know and have something important related to your family?. Click here

This name is the SYMBOL OF A FAMILY. If you have been invited to a wedding, event, meeting or anniversary, make a GREAT GIFT FOR WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES and events..

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 La porta:

Name La porta

Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name La porta. Very cheap.

heraldry coats of arms on JPG and vectorial formats

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

Click here to see in more detail the products displayed here and other heraldry for the family name La porta

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name La porta 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 La porta. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including La porta.

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) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

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

* GYRON: The Gyron represents Favor.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* BEAR: The Bear is a symbol of Strength and skill in handling weapons against the enemy, achieving Victory.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* GRIFFIN: The Griffin, half eagle and half lion, is an emblem of Ingenuity and Greatness.

* borduraNOusar: La Bordura simboliza Protección, Favor y Recompensa; asimismo la cota que vestían los caballeros y que al salir de la pelea, ostentándola manchada de sangre enemiga, eran premiados con el añadido de la bordura de escudo, como insignia de Valor.

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

Related Words: La porta family crest | Origin of the name La porta | Genealogy of the family La porta | Heraldry of the name La porta | Coat of arms of La porta | Genealogy of the La porta | Origin of the La porta | Meaning of the name La porta.

La porta

Go to the main page of Heraldry & Crests | Go to the letter L index Go to the previous index of names | Go to name La ponce | Go to name La porte | Heraldry in Spanish Gabinete Heraldico

All the information about the surnames that are collected in this web site are based on verified bibliography.

Origin of family name, history and coat of arms/crests