Sada (A Coruña)

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SADA

Region :Galicia
Province :A Coruña

Escudo de Sada
Official blazon
Spanish En campo de azul, un navío de dos palos de oro habillado de plata, con velamen al viento, sobre ondas de plata y azul; en el saliente de cada flanco un monte rocoso de gules defendido por una torre abierta y donjonada de oro. Al timbre, corona real cerrada.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 1, 2011.

The arms show the entrance to the harbour of Sada, an ancient port on the coast, already used for thousands of years. The towers are the Fontán and Corbeiroa towers, built in the 18th century as a protection of the harbour.

Literature :Image from Wikipedia