[alfa] RE: Logo history

["Jef Fowler" <jef@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't remember/can't find (it was googled) where this came from;

"Alfa Romeo Logo: the Visconti ducal coat of arms is represented by a shield
bearing a serpent with a babe in its mouth, surmounted by a crown. The
Visconti family recollects that  back in year 800  one of their ancestors
had killed, in the vicinity of Milan, a serpent that poisoned infants just
by breathing on them. The other half of the Alfa Romeo logo, the red cross
set against a white background, stems on the other hand from the banner of
the city of Milan."

Also http://www.homdrum.no/alfa/alfa_history_logo.html is a good Alfa site.
Real nice design.

I originally thought the 'human' was a sword rammed down the serpents
throat.

Jef
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