Visconti coat of arms

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coat of arms

The Visconti coat of arms is the heraldic emblem of the powerful Visconti family, medieval rulers of Milan, most famously featuring a serpent (biscione) devouring a human figure.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Visconti coat of arms canonical	1
coatOfArmsOfTheSforzaFamily	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coat of arms ⓘ
associatedWith	Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	European heraldry NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian noble families ⓘ symbols of Milan ⓘ
color	azure field ⓘ green serpent ⓘ red human figure ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
depicts	serpent devouring a human figure ⓘ serpent swallowing a child ⓘ
elementOf	heraldry of Italy ⓘ heraldry of noble families ⓘ
hasVariant	Visconti arms with child emerging instead of being swallowed NERFINISHED ⓘ Visconti arms with crowned serpent NERFINISHED ⓘ Visconti ducal arms quartered with imperial eagle ⓘ
heritageOf	Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Alfa Romeo logo ⓘ Inter Milan crest NERFINISHED ⓘ biscione symbol of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ civic symbols of Milan ⓘ coat of arms of the Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Italian ⓘ
mainCharge	biscione NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	biscione dei Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ stemma dei Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBearer	Bernabò Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ Galeazzo II Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ Gian Galeazzo Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Lombardy ⓘ
relatedSymbol	biscione of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ snake-and-man motif ⓘ
symbolizes	Milanese identity ⓘ Visconti dynastic power ⓘ dominion over enemies ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Middle Ages ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
usedBy	House of Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ Visconti family NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFrom	13th century ⓘ
usedOn	banners ⓘ castles controlled by the Visconti ⓘ city gates of Milan ⓘ coins ⓘ seals ⓘ
usedUntil	15th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of Milan → hasSymbol → Visconti coat of arms ⓘ

Filarete Tower → hasFeature → Visconti coat of arms ⓘ

this entity surface form: coatOfArmsOfTheSforzaFamily