History and structural features of the coat of arms of the Municipality of Putignano Puglia.
Coat of arms
It is composed of a Sannitic shield, surmounted by a royal crown with five gold points. At the bottom of the shield we find the three green mountains with the highest central one, built by Frederick II, of Hohenstufen, who was so fond of the city. Frederick II also wanted the stars to shine with ever greater glory. The royal crown was inserted to make it famous among all the deserving Universities, or as it was called the Town Hall or Municipality before the XVIII century. The mountains indicate firmness to stability in the devotion to him.
All this information comes from a rescript of the Emperor Charles V of January 1536, preserved in the municipal archive, in this document there is the addition of a booklet on the top of the central mountain which was, however, eliminated on March 29th 1600 for resolution of the same University.
DELIBERA OF MARCH 29, 1600 WITH WHICH THE P OF THE PUTIGNAN STEM WAS REMOVED
A 29 Marzo 1600, congregatis infrascritti Sindaco ed Eletti deputati ad regimen dittae Terrae, pro infrascriptis negotiis, coram Gubernatore eiusdem terrae, in domibus ipsius Universitatis, loco solito, Pietro Paolo de Pinto Sindaco, Pietro Antonio Pugliese, Venturino Campanella, Iacobo Calefato, Prospero Spirito, Notar Simone Fanelli, Antonio Desimone, Giliberto de Pinto, Lorito de Pinto, Vincenzo Mezzapesa, Giambattista de Paolo, Antonio Bongiorno; fu pari voto conchiuso, che per essere tutti consumati li tre Stendardi che servono alla Fiera di S. Angelo e non essendo rimasto altro che li bastoni, che detti tre Stendardi s’abbiano a fare in Napoli, novi e se abbiano a fare quanto prima, acciò se possano trovare a tempo alli 8 di Maggio quando si fa detta Fiera, e mandarsi i danari; e poiché nell’arma dell’Università ci è un P in mezzo sopra li tre Monti, con due Stelle sopra i due Monti, s’abbia a levare, restando i tre Monti, con due stelle sopra i due Monti (laterali), ed al Monte di mezzo la Corona e così abbia a far l’Arma allo Stendardo.