Gelida

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GELIDA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona

Official blazon

Escut caironat partit: 1r. d'or, un cérvol passant d'atzur; 2n. de gules, un geminat amb banda d'or; el tot gaiat curvilini a la punta i abaixat d'atzur, 2 claus passades en sautor en banda la d'or i per damunt de la d'argent en barra. Per timbre una corona de baró.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on July 7, 1983.

Gelida was the centre of a barony (the crown at the top reminds this fact), ruled since the 9^th century by the Cervelló family (whose canting arms, an azure deer or "cérvol" on gold, stand in the first partition), and bought in 1367 by the Barcelonese citizen Berenguer Bertran (whose arms with the gemelle stand in the second partition). The keys at the base are the attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.

Literature : Image taken from http://escuts.wikispaces.com