Olot

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OLOT

Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona

Official blazon
Spanish
English	blazon wanted

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.