• The Legend of the City
• The profile of the region
• Ploiesti-a history in figures
• Population
• Album
• Armorial bearings
• Honour citizens
• Twin cities
  • Dniepropetrovsk
  • Tulsa
  • Uralsk
  • Radom
  • Berat
  • Harbin
  • Maracaibo
  • Osijek
  • Lefkada
  • Hincesti
  • Amarousion
• Tourism
  • Travel agencies
  • Hotels
    • Central Hotel
    • Prahova Plazza Hotel
    • Turist Hotel
    • Best Hotel
    • Star Hotel
    • Nord Hotel
    • Forum Hotel
    • Phoenix Hotel
    • Petroleum Seller Inn

The armorial bearings of Ploiesti municipality consist of a blue shield, loaded with two golden lions, with a red tongue, which sustain a silver, uprooted oak tree. Everything is put on a red scarf with the inscription of M. the B. initials. The shield is stamped by a mural silver crown made up of seven notched towers.

The meaning of all the elements:

• the representation, took over from Michael the Brave's seal as ruler of the three Romanian countries, reminds about the fact that he founded the city;
• the initials M. the B. represent the abbreviation of the name Michael the Brave

Hotarare de Guvern 685/ 1998 privind aprobarea stemelor unor municipii