Coat of arms of Bucharest

Coat of arms of Bucharest
Details
Armiger	Government of the city of Bucharest
Adopted	1994
Crest	A seven tower mural crown with a black eagle atop of it
Escutcheon	on a field, Azure, an eagle, or, facing dexter, crowned, azure, a Latin cross in its beak, its dexter claw holding a sword, argent, sinister claw a sceptre, Tenné
Supporters	None
Motto	Romanian: Patria si Dreptul Meu ("The Homeland And My Right")
Other elements	inescutcheon: on a field, Gules, with thin bordure, azure, an image of St Dimitrie Basarabov, holding dexter a spear, sinister a Latin cross

The coat of arms of Bucharest is the heraldic symbol of 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.

The coat of arms consists of an escutcheon, bleu celeste, charged with an eagle, or, facing dexter (similar to 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 ŞI 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 dexter claw a sword, in its sinister a sceptre, Tenné, and on its breast an escutcheon, gules, with thin bordure, azure, charged with the image of Saint Dimitrie Basarabov holding, dexter, a spear and, sinister, a Latin cross. The saint, who is the city's patron, is commonly referred to as simply Saint Dimitrie (Demetrius), thus bearing the same name as the 4th century Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki—today's arms seem to represent the latter, as the person depicted is dressed in a Roman uniform.

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