Santa Maria de Besora

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SANTA MARIA DE BESORA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat partit: 1r. de gules, un mont d'or movent de la punta somat d'un castell d'argent tancat de sable; 2n. de sable, 3 pals d'argent. Per timbre, una corona de marquès.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 29th January 1987.

The arms show the local castle on a hill and the arms of the Besoras (barons and, since 1698, marquises): three pales Argent on Sable. The marquis crown reminds that the castle was the centre of the marquisat of Besora.