Aiguaviva
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AIGUAVIVA
Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona
| Catalan | Escut caironat: de sable, un agnus Dei reguardant d'argent nimbat d'or portant la banderola de gules amb una creu plena d'argent i l'asta creuada d'or; el peu de gules, una creu plena d'argent. Per timbre una corona mural de poble. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on August 27, 1990.
The Pascal lamb (or Agnus Dei) is the symbol of St. John, the local patron saint. The silver cross on gules is an allusion to the fact that Aiguaviva was the centre of a Templar command in 1209 (later Hospitaller in 1317). Literature:
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