Comune di Castell'Arquato-flag

The coat of arms of the municipality presents a complex figuration, in which various symbols linked to the past of the village can be recognized.

Heraldic description of the coat of arms [20] :

«Red, to the one-piece turreted castle, Ghibelline crenellated, open, windowed and walled in black, juxtaposed by two stars of six golden rays and accompanied at the tip by a lily of the same; to two lions counter rampant to the castle and facing each other, also of gold»

The castle is a reminder of the fortified historic center protected by walls; the colors white (silver) and red are a reference to the colors present in the coat of arms of Piacenza , while the golden lion is the original emblem of the Sforza family, in particular of the cadet branch of Santa Fiora which held the feud of Castell'Arquato from the beginning of the sixteenth to the eighteenth century , who is represented as the "protector" of the Rocca arquatese. The two six-pointed gold stars derive from the arms of the Scotti family , while the golden lily refers to the Farnese family , the ducal family of Parma [