Guils de Cerdanya

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GUILS DE CERDANYA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona

Escudo de Guils de Cerdanya/Arms (crest) of Guils de Cerdanya
Official blazon
Catalan Escut caironat: de gules, un estel de 8 puntes acostat de 8 estels de 5 puntes d'or posades en orla. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms, officially granted on 9th March 1994.

The arms show an eight-pointed star surrounded by 8 five-pointed stars, an allusion to the protomartyr St. Stephen, the local patron saint; formerly the arms of the village had shown a fleur-de-lis. Guils has always belonged to a church: originally to Sant Martí del Canigó, later to the monastery of Santes Creus (14th-17th centuries), and finally to the incumbent community of Puigcerdà.


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Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.