Shield of Ciudad Real adjusted to the heraldic norms.
The shield of Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) responds to the following heraldic description: In azure field, the figure of a king, with sword and scepter in his hands and seated on his throne, under a bow of gold supported by two columns of silver with base and capitals of gold, and surrounded by a hexagonal wall with six equally towers of gold and gules door. It has a border of gules with eight castles of three crenellated towers of gold, cleared of azure and mazonados of sable. It is stamped with a royal crown closed. Sometimes it carries a tape with the legend "very noble Ciudad Real very loyal", motto granted by Don Juan II when granting the title to him of city. History
The shield of Ciudad Real has its origin in the date of the founding of the then Villa Real by King Alfonso X the Wise, in 1255, at which time the effigy of the Castilian monarch, represented in the interior of the walled town, as can be seen in a piece of carved stone that appeared on the facade of the old town hall. Later the shield was completed with the elements that today conform it, in particular the border of gules with eight towers or gold castles, that initially replaced to the wall and later they were added to this one. The last version of the coat of arms was drawn by Don Federico Pérez Castilla, former director of the School of Fine Arts in Ciudad Real.
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