This particular version of the arms of the Kingdom of Portugal was commonly seen during the reign of the Bragança dynasty in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The traditional shield at the centre bears five blue escutcheons arranged in a cross, each charged with five white bezants—symbols that recall either the five Moorish kings vanquished by Afonso I or the Five Holy Wounds of Christ, and may also allude to the sovereign right to issue coinage. Encircling the central shield are seven golden castles on a red field, representing either the fortresses seized during the Reconquista or a heraldic reference to King Afonso III’s Castilian ancestry.