Coat of arms of Valais
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coat-of-arms-of-valais-263-7952365
title:
Coat of arms of Valais
text:
The coat of arms of the Swiss canton of Valais is in red and white, divided vertically with thirteen five-pointed stars in opposite colours. The stars represent the thirteen districts. It was introduced in 1815, when the Valais was detached from the French Department of Simplon to join the join the Swiss Confederacy. The coat of arms directly continues that of the République des Sept-Dizains, the early modern union of seven dizains which declared independence from the prince-bishops of Sion. The
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Valais
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2023-07-05T05:33:49Z
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