Coat of Arms of Spain
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The Spanish Coat of Arms is composed by six other coat of arms:
- The gold castle in a red background, which simbolises Castille
- The red lion in white background, symbolising Leon
- The red and yellow stripes of Aragon
- The golden chains of Navarra
- The flower of Granada
- The fleur de lys of Bourbon
The phrase: plus ultra (also known commonly at times as "non plus ultra" "nec plus ultra," "non plus ultra") is here written in the positive "more beyond" literally, as in "there is something more beyond" here--but figuratively it is a descriptive phrase meaning the best or most extreme example of something. The Pillars of Hercules, for example, were the "ne plus ultra (in the literal sense) of the ancient Mediterranean world. Charles V's heraldic emblem reversed this idea, using a depiction of this phrase inscribed on the Pillars—without the negation. This represented Spain's expansion into the New World. The phrase refers both to there is nothing more "better" beyond Spain's kingdom, and that she will expand into the New World.
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