Veo por un artículo en La Voz de Galicia que Vimianzo se acaba de sumar a la lista de concellos de Galicia que abandonan la tradicional heráldica municipal, a favor de una imágen corporativa más moderna. Vale. La decisión en todo caso corresponde a quienes residen en Vimianzo, no a quienes nos interesamos por la…
Juan Huldrich was buried in Málaga on 27 October 1836. Aged 25, unmarried, he was stated to be a native of Boston, and described as ‘Anglo Americano’, so presumably the city in question is that in Massachusetts, not Lincolnshire. He was said to have been a sailor on the frigate ‘General’ and to have died…
Visitors to Madrid who tour the phantom tube station at Chamberí will find some artistic items of heraldic interest. As the guide explains, when the station was first opened in 1919 the firms who sponsored its construction were rewarded with space for permanent advertisements on the walls adjoining the platforms. In the remainder of the…