City of Bucharest Manhole Cover - Bucharest, Romania
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N 44° 25.790 E 026° 06.109
35T E 428510 N 4920007
This manhole cover is located near the Annunciation Church of Saint Anthony in Bucharest.
Waymark Code: WMQ9X6
Location: Romania
Date Posted: 01/18/2016
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The manhole cover depicts the coat-of-arms of the City of Bucharest surrounded by the words "CANAL A.N.B. BUCHARESTI".
The Coat of Arms is described by Wikipedia (
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"The coat of arms of Bucharest is the heraldic symbol for the capital city of Romania. The present-day coat of arms was adopted by Domnitor (Ruling Prince) Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and changed under the Communist regime. In 1994, it was renewed again with minor alterations.
Description
The coat of arms is a bleu celeste escutcheon charged with an or eagle facing dexter (reminding the historical region of Wallachia - see Coat of arms of Wallachia), crowned bleu celeste, blazoned langued and armed gules with a Latin cross in its beak, standing over the motto PATRIA SI DREPTUL MEU ("The Homeland And My Right") on a scroll tricoloured horizontally red-yellow-blue (colours of the Romanian national flag).
The eagle holds in its claws a sword dexter, a Tenné sceptre sinister, and on its breast a gules in the escutcheon with thin azure bordure, charged with the image of Saint Dimitrie Basarabov holding a spear dexter and a Latin cross sinister. The saint, who is the city's patron, is commonly referred to as, and confounded with, Saint Demetrius — today's arms seem to represent the latter, as the person depicted is dressed in a Roman uniform.
The escutcheon is adorned with a crest composed of a seven-towered argent mural crown over which stands a stylised sable eagle wings displayed facing dexter, with a Latin cross in its beak."