Coat of arms of the Medieval Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, featuring the Jerusalem cross

The coat of arms of Jerusalem is an emblem of the city as well as of its municipality. It was instituted in 1949, following an official competition.^[1] The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette Rashumot on November 13, 1958. The lion alludes to the lion of Judah, the walls on the background - the Western Wall, the olive branches represent peace and the inscription above is the city name in Hebrew. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars intersecting each other at a 90° angle, dividing one or two of the lines in half. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lion of Judah has its origins in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) where the Israelite tribe of Judah had the lion as its symbol. ... Western Wall by night “Wailing Wall” redirects here. ... Binomial name Olea europaea L. 19th century illustration The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian... The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ...

Note

2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (141st in leap years). ...

External link

• Jerusalem Civil Ensign

See also

• Flag of Jerusalem