Draft:Coat of arms of Pula

Coat of arms of Pula
Versions
Ceremonial version
The banner of arms, which serves as the flag of the city.
Armiger	Pula
Adopted	1846 12 November 1993
Shield	Vert a Latin cross Or throughout.
Earlier version(s)	Coat of arms of Pula used from circa 1969 until 1990 Coat of arms of Pula used from 1958 until 1969

The coat of arms of Pula depicts a yellow Latin cross on top of a green background. It also has a ceremonial version consisting of the same design on a special Renaissance escutcheon with a lily shape on the top.

History

The oldest known version of the coat of arms of Pula is the 1431 coat of arms of the Pola family; Gules two bars Or. It is widely believed that the first green-gold version of the coat of arms was used in the beginning of the 19th century during French administration, based on the livery worn by the Pola family. The version of the coat of arms with a gold cross on a green background was finally adopted in 1846 and 1930 during Italian administration and had a mural crown crest, which was replaced with a Graf crown crest with nine pearls. After the Second World War, Yugoslavia's monarchy was abolished and replaced by a new communist government. Pula stopped using the historical coat of arms and adopted a new coat of arms in 1969 displaying the Pula arena and a communist red star in the top right corner. Once Yugoslavia collapsed, Croatia declared independence and abolished communism, Pula changed back its coat of arms to the gold cross on a green background design, which it still has today.