![]() An arc joins the two columns with the Latin inscription: " DOMINATOR HERCULES FUNDATOR". He is seen seizing and taming two lions, each representing the power of animal instinct, above the legend: "ANDALUCÍA POR SÍ, PARA ESPAÑA Y LA HUMANIDAD". The figure of the mythical Greek hero Heracles ( Latin: Hercules), son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena, appears between the columns. More than seventy years later, article 3 of the 1982 Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia stated:Īndalusia will have its own emblem, approved de jure by its Parliament, in which the following legend shall appear: "ANDALUCÍA POR SÍ, PARA ESPAÑA Y LA HUMANIDAD" (Andalusia by herself, for Spain and for Humankind), taking into account the agreement adopted by the Assembly of Ronda of 1918." The emblem sees its origin in an agreement made by the pro-autonomist Assembly of Ronda in 1918, designed by Blas Infante, "Father of Andalusia". Although often referred to as a coat of arms (or escudo in Spanish), it is technically an emblem as it was not designed to conform to traditional heraldic rules. It bears the Pillars of Hercules, the ancient name given to the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The Emblem of Andalusia ( Spanish: Escudo de Andalucía) is the official symbol of Andalusia, an autonomous community of Spain.
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