On the entrance gates of the Jardin Public sits the Coat of Arms of Bordeaux.
It is a figurative and symbolic representation whose elements recall the city's history.
- The fortress: this is not an ideal symbolic fortress but a stylised representation of the Grosse-Cloche, surrounded by four towers that have since disappeared. The Grosse-Cloche was part of the city hall, in the Middle Ages and under the Ancien Régime.
- The leopard: this is of course the leopard of the Kings of England (not of the province of Guyenne). During English rule, the Bordeaux coat of arms bore three leopards. Indeed, Richard the Lionheart added to the two leopards of Normandy the one the English had given to the arms of Guyenne. After the end of English rule, only one leopard remained.
- The crescent: a reference to the crescent shape of the Port of the Moon.
- The azure sea: waved with sable and silver, a stylised representation of the river.
- Azure chief semé de France: this is of course the upper part of the shield, blue, scattered with fleurs-de-lys, the symbol of the Kings of France. This part of the shield was added after the English occupation.
