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The coat of arms of the Canary Islands is the central device of the flag of the Canary Islands, Spain. The designs were made official by the Statute of Autonomy of the Canarian Autonomous Community (Organic Law 10/82) on 10 August 1982.[1]
The shield shows seven gray islands, representing the Canary Islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. Atop the shield is the royal crown of Spain. The shield is supported by dogs from which the islands may derive their name, possibly from the Latin term Insula Canaria, meaning Island of the Dogs,[2] a name applied originally only to the island of Gran Canaria. It is thought that the dense population of an endemic breed of large and fierce dogs, like the Presa Canario, was the characteristic that most struck the few ancient Romans who established contact with the islands by the sea.
In recent times there has been a controversy[3] over the representation of the dog (Presa Canario) in the shield. This fact, motivated in part by the Government of Canary Islands has removed the two dogs from the official forms and public buildings, although they have been kept in the coat of arms of Canary Islands.[3]
Popularly attributed the Canary Islands name is derived from the Presa Canario,[3] although under a law in force in the Canary Islands since 1991, the dog is the natural symbol of Gran Canaria along with the cactus.[4] For this reason, critics of the current shield argue that it only represents the island of Gran Canaria, and not the entire archipelago.
^Juan José Sánchez Badiola. Simbolos de EspaÑa Y de Sus Regiones Y Autonomias (in Spanish). Editorial Visión Libros. p. 362. ISBN978-84-9886-963-7.
^Spencer C. Tucker, The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History (ABC-CLIO, 2009), 96.
^ abc Natalia Cuellar (2005-08-19). (in Spanish). ABC Periódico Electrónico S.L.U. Archived from the original on 2011-01-25. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
^. www.gobcan.es. Archived from the original on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
External linksedit
José Manuel Erbez (2013-06-23). . simbolosdecanarias.proel.net. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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