FAMILY PLACES: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Places

Coat of arms and family crest of Places.

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

History and meaning for Places.

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

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

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Places:

1) The origin of the family name Places.

2) The meaning of the family name Places.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Places.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Places.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Places has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

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

* Canary Islands (Spain).

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

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Los Apellidos en Canarias, by Carlos Platero Fernandez.

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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 Places:

Name Places

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

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According to the writer Carlos Platero Fernandez, in his book "The Surnames in Canary Islands ", the surname Places has a branch in the Canary Islands. In this work, Carlos Platero Fernandez collects the heraldry and history of many family names that come from other places in Spain and Europe, as surely is the case of the name Places and that they settled in the Canary Islands. Different spellings of surnames are collected, so it is possible that the name Places have some different spelling.

The family name Places appears collected by the Chronicler and King of Arms, Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent, in his "Repertoire of Coats of the Hispanic Community", that means that the lineage Places has official coat of arms certified by King of Arms. Said Repertoire of Blazons of the Hispanic Community is the greatest work of Spanish heraldry, where the surnames with his heraldic appears like the family name Places arranged alphabetically, with their coats of arms. In this work have included the content of many manuscripts of the National Library of Madrid and corresponding to Minutes of Kings of Arms and collects surnames that as Places are Spanish or very linked for some reason or other to Spain, so those of the family name Places are in this position. There are also thousands of heraldic and heraldic shields from several Sections of the National Historical Archive, as well as the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, Salas de los Hijodalgos of Vizcaya, etc. In summary, those of the surname Places have made some test of nobility or knightage.

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

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:

* ROSE: The Roses are an emblem of Beauty, of the Immaculate Honor, of the Nobility, of the recognized Merit and symbolize Constancy against depletions of fortune and Fierce Push to avenge the offenses that affect the trunk of their lineage.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* LOZENGE: The Lozenges symbolize Constancy.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* COMET: The Comet symbolizes a Brave Courage to prevent in time, without fear, future grievances.

* FLEUR-DE-LIS: The Fleur-de-lis represents the Generous Courage that, for received grievances, repeatedly returns benefits, and is a symbol of French heraldry.

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

* CYPRESS: The Cypress symbolizes Elevated and Incorruptible Thoughts.

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

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