Municipality of Arilje
Zlatibor District, Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Bearer
- Municipality of Arilje
- Adopted
- 1998.
- Author
- Dragomir Acović
- District
- Zlatibor District
- Region
- Region of Šumadija and Western Serbia
- Eparchy
- Eparchy of Žiča
- Official website
- arilje.org.rs
The Municipality of Arilje uses arms in three levels — lesser, middle and greater — and a banner, officially adopted in October or November 1998. The insignia were designed by the Serbian Heraldry Society “White Eagle”, and their author is Dragomir Acović. On the silver field a blue fork in the form of the letter Y stands out, and over it a small red shield with the cross of Saint Achillius; the banner, which is also the official flag of the municipality, repeats the design of the shield. The middle arms are framed by a blue circular ring with the years 1296 and 1880 and the inscription “АРИЉЕ”, and the shield is surrounded by oak sprigs with acorns, raspberries and white flowers. A white flag with the greater arms also occurs.
Blazon
On a silver field a blue forked cross in the form of the letter Y, and over it a small red shield with a gold double cross on a stepped base.
A silver mural crown with three visible merlons.
In the middle arms the shield rests on a blue ring with a gold border, bearing the Cyrillic inscription “АРИЉЕ” and the years 1296 and 1880, and around the shield is a wreath of raspberry and oak sprigs.
On the dexter Stefan Dragutin Nemanjić, shown as a saint in royal robes, with a crown, a halo and a model of the Church of Saint Achillius in his hands, holding the tricolour of Serbia; on the sinister Saint Achillius in a bishop's vestments with a book, holding the banner of the municipality.
Green hillocks with flowers.
A silver ribbon with the inscription “АРИЉЕ”.
A variant of the flag is white, with the greater arms of the municipality.
A square banner repeating the shield: a silver field with the blue device in the form of the letter Y and the small red shield with the gold double cross in the centre. The banner is at the same time the official flag of the municipality.
Symbolism and meaning
The cross on the small red shield is the cross of Saint Achillius, patron of Arilje and its old church. The blue fork in the form of the letter Y represents the rivers Veliki Rzav and Moravica. The supporters of the greater arms are Stefan Dragutin Nemanjić, founder of the Church of Saint Achillius, and Saint Achillius himself.
