Veciana

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VECIANA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: de gules, un mont de sable movent de la punta somat d'un falcó d'or i acostat de 2 calderes d'or. Per timbre, una corona mural de poble.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 8th July 1996.

The history of Veciana has been linked originally with the four castles inside this municipality, created in the 19^th century: Veciana, Miralles, Segur and Montfalcó el Gros. The castle of Veciana (11^th century), after belonging to the bishops of Vic and to the Crown, passed to the barony of Segur; the first barons were the Calders, symbolized by the cauldrons Or on Gules, taken from their canting arms ("calder" means in Catalan a cauldron).

The falcon on the mount is a canting allusion to the castle of Montfalcó, named before.