Olot
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OLOT
Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
These arms are not official, but widely used by the local council.
Centre of a volcanic region, the city of Olot have had traditionally canting arms: they show an "alot" (a small wing in Catalan). The royal arms of Catalonia-Aragon (four pales Gules on Or) remind the privileges of reorganization and constitution of the municipal council, given by the king Martin I.
Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.