El Pont d'Armentera

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EL PONT D'ARMENTERA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Tarragona

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: d'atzur, un pont d'or de 3 ulls sobremuntat d'una creu patent d'or i acostat de 2 bàculs d'abat d'or en pal. Per timbre una corona mural de vila.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 25th September 2001.

These arms are canting: they show a "pont" (Catalan for "bridge"). The town belonged, since the 15^th century, to the monastery of Santes Creus, and that is symbolized by the two abbot staffs at each side of the bridge and by the cross above, a canting element (Santes Creus meaning literally "Holy Crosses").