The symbol of a cross and a snake is Alfa Romeo, a famous Italian car and sports car manufacturer. The brand logo adopts two traditional symbols of Milan: the Red Cross, the emblem of Milan, and the Dragon and Snake, which originated from the family emblem of an ancient local aristocratic family.

Alfa Romeo icon

1, marking source

When Alfa Romeo was founded, the founder combined two symbols of Milan to create a symbol. The Red Cross is a part of Milan's coat of arms commemorating the ancient Crusaders, and the dragon-shaped snake pattern that eats people comes from the family emblem of an ancient local aristocratic family, symbolizing the legend that the ancestors of Duke Visconta, the Lord of Milan in the middle ages, repelled the giant snake that tortured the city people.

Two symbols representing Milan's tradition and irrelevant meanings are combined to become one of the most famous symbols in the automobile industry.

2. Logo change

The words Alfa Romeo and Milan, as well as the added spacing patterns, have also undergone subtle changes in the development history of more than 100 years. 1972, Dragon Snake has become concise and abstract, and the style of logo has also been modernized, and the hyphen between Alpha and Romeo has been cancelled.