Caldes de Malavella

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CALDES DE MALAVELLA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona

Escudo de Caldes de Malavella/Arms (crest) of Caldes de Malavella
Official blazon
Catalan Escut caironat: de gules, una dona d'argent banyant-se dins una tina d'or, acostada de 2 calderes d'argent. Per timbre una corona mural de vila.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 6, 1986.

These arms are canting, and refer to the thermalism in the town; actually, there are several thermal springs and spas in Caldes de Malavella, and even some well-preserved roman baths. The arms show two "calderes" (Catalan for "boiling-pots, cauldrons") and a nude woman rising from a bath-tube. Traditionally, in the arms there was an ugly old woman (literal translation of "mala vella"), but nowadays the official arms show curiously the opposite, a pretty young woman.


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