Torrent (Baix Empordà)

TORRENT

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: de gules, sembrat de creuetes d'argent; ressaltant sobre el tot una faixa ondada d'atzur. Per timbre, una corona de marquès.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 22th September 1995.

The arms Gules powdered with crosslets Argent are the canting arms of the Cruïlles (this name remind in Catalan "little crosses"), marquises of the castle of Torrent; the arms show also the marquis crown at the top. In the middle there is a canting element: the wavy bar, symbolizing a torrent.

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