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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Nobili
Nobles in:Italia - Grecia (Veneto)
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Ancient and illustrious Venetian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, spread over the centuries in various regions of Italy and the world. Tradition has it that it came to the Republic of Venice from Greece, with two brothers who, being used to wearing crest-shaped hats, were nicknamed the "Crestans". There, however, having risen against the Doge of Venice and being defeated, they lost all their possessions and were condemned to exile in the Asiago plateau. From there an important family unit moved to Bassano and in fact there already at the dawn of the sixteenth century we have news of a Girolamo Crestani, cavalry captain, and in 1566 of a Joannes, of the qu. "Crestani Cusini de Asiago", "gramatic preceptor". It therefore appears evident that the family, in a short time, had managed to regain its ancient splendor. And in fact in the work "Of the cities of Italy and ...
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BlazonCrestani
1. Coat of arms of family: Crestani
Language of the text: Italiano
Troncato d'azzurro e d'oro, alla fascia d'argento cimata da un elmo piumato di due del medesimo.
Blasone antico della famiglia Crestani. Fonte bibliografica: "Raccolta di armi gentilizie di varie città e famiglie nobili d'Italia, parte solo tratteggiati a penna, e parte anche acquerellate" custodita presso la Biblioteca Nazionale di Roma nei manoscritti del fondo Vittorio Emanuele. Nota: l'acquerello è molto sbiadito e la figura sopra la fascia è incerta.
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