Santa Bàrbara

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SANTA BÀRBARA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Tarragona

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: de gules, una torre d'argent oberta sobremuntada d'un copó d'argent. Per timbre una corona mural de vila.
English	Bàrbara No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on March 31, 1994.

The tower and the chalice are the attributes of St. Barbara, the local patron saint. The tower reminds also that the town had belonged to Tortosa council until the 18^th century (the arms of Tortosa show a tower Argent on Gules).