Santa Maria de Besora
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SANTA MARIA DE BESORA
Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona
Official blazon
Escut caironat partit: 1r. de gules, un mont d'or movent de la punta somat d'un castell d'argent tancat de sable; 2n. de sable, 3 pals d'argent. Per timbre, una corona de marquès.
Origin/meaning
These arms have been officially granted on 29th January 1987.
The arms show the local castle on a hill and the arms of the Besoras (barons and, since 1698, marquises): three pales Argent on Sable. The marquis crown reminds that the castle was the centre of the marquisat of Besora.
Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.