Monuments on the teams crest There are many teams that display in their crests the city's affiliation

The relationship between football teams and the cities to which they belong is the starting point of modern football, from the founding of clubs to the development of the first professional leagues. And it is precisely this overlap that has led many clubs to have the same symbols that historically characterize cities in their crest, a way of identifying even more of a given team's local identity. And although we live in a time during which club crests are rapidly veering toward minimalism, there still remain many logos that depict in them the landmarks that define their city.

The United Kingdom's strong connection

The Eiffel Tower is such a symbolic monument for the city of Paris that both Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC have included it in their social symbols in a rivalry that thus also arrives on their game jerseys. Moving to Germany, here is Cologne presenting on its crest the two 157-meter-high cusped Towers of the Church of Saints Peter and Mary, or the city's cathedral. 

Flying to Spain, Atletico Madrid is linked to the capital through the depiction of the Bear and the Arbutus in the crest. The statue, placed in the Puerta del Sol, is the symbol of the city, the tree identifies fertility, and the city's aristocracy is represented by the bear. UD Salamanca, on the other hand, chose the bridge over the Tormes River, built by the Romans around the 1st-2nd centuries B.C. on which is the profile of a bull, an animal symbolic of that area of Spain. 

Looking at home, how can we not mention Pisa, which features the Tower of Pisa inside its shield. In the logo of Cittadella, on the other hand, the walls of the Venetian city peep out, while in that of Trapani here are the Five Towers. Finishing in the minor leagues, then, here is US Breno with the presence of the castle of the same name rising above a hill in the center of the town.