Bellaguarda

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BELLAGUARDA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat: de gules, una torre d'argent oberta acostada de 2 moles d'argent nadillades de sable. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 21, 1998.

Canting arms: they show a watchtower (Bellaguarda means literally in Catalan "fine guard"). The millstones are canting too: they refer to the Moliné family ("moliner" is miller in Catalan), the founders of the village.

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