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The arms show the castle of Púbol (now a museum dedicated to its last resident, the painter Salvador Dalí), two pears at each side (canting elements: "la Pera" means literally in Catalan "the pear", despite it derives from Latin PETRA, "stone") and a cross representing St. Isidore, the local patron saint. | The arms show the castle of Púbol (now a museum dedicated to its last resident, the painter Salvador Dalí), two pears at each side (canting elements: "la Pera" means literally in Catalan "the pear", despite it derives from Latin PETRA, "stone") and a cross representing St. Isidore, the local patron saint. | ||
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LA PERA
Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Official blazon
Escut caironat: d'or, un castell de sable tancat de gules sobremuntat d'una creu grega patent convexada de gules i acompanyat de 2 peres de sinople. Per timbre, una corona mural de poble.
Origin/meaning
These arms have been officially granted on 7th October 1991.
The arms show the castle of Púbol (now a museum dedicated to its last resident, the painter Salvador Dalí), two pears at each side (canting elements: "la Pera" means literally in Catalan "the pear", despite it derives from Latin PETRA, "stone") and a cross representing St. Isidore, the local patron saint.
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Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.