Ashkelon – five-star city

All residents of the city of Ashkelon saw the coat of arms of the city. A stunning image of the sea, a growing marble column, 5 stars, a working cogwheel, waves and a film strip with contours similar to a ship. But does everyone understand the meaning inherent in this coat of arms? After all, the coat of arms of the city is not just a beautiful picture, but a concentrated concept of existence and functioning: past and future, achieved and desired, what has already been done, and what remains to be done. Let's try to figure it out together.

The coat of arms of the city of Ashkelon is a capacious expression of the concept of a modern city with a huge history, located by the sea, combining tourism and industry, developed infrastructure and a variety of entertainment, transport opportunities and cultural life.

We see five hexagonal stars. What do they symbolize? Five-star quality and the five most significant city quarters.

A marble column with a crowning capital that protrudes beyond not only the column, but also the armorial shield, providing a plastic constructive transition to creating new reliable foundations for developing traditions and designing the future over a thousand-year history. Tomorrow is created on top of a solid foundation.

The film with the contours of a sea ship symbolizes the desire to turn Ashkelon into a movie city - the Israeli version of Hollywood. This plan is yet to be implemented.

The cogwheel symbolizes industry, economic foundations, industriousness and mobility of Ashkelon.

Sea waves symbolize a port, a beautiful embankment, city beaches, a marina - a specially equipped harbor for yachts.

Background – the blue symbolizes the sea and the azure, the clear skies of the city.

Blue sea, clear sky, the outlines of a ship, Jewish symbols on a column rising from the sea...

The city's coat of arms was painted by Ashkelon artists Mordechai Krovitsky and Shmuel Tepler, new repatriates - painting teachers who lived in the Migdal neighborhood. This coat of arms was approved in 1951.

And it is no coincidence that 70 years after the creation of the coat of arms, the mayor of Ashkelon, Tomer Glam, and the city administration set about creating a new logo and updating the image of the city, based on the same concept.