La Vall d'en Bas
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LA VALL D'EN BAS
Region : Catalonia
Province : Girona
Additions : 1968 Joanetes, La Pinya, Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Sant Privat d'en Bas
Official blazon
Escut caironat quarterat: 1r d'atzur, un mont d'or movent de la punta somat d'un castell i d'una capella d'argent tancats de sable; 2n. d'or, una cabra de sable i bordura de peces de sable; 3r de gules, un bàcul de bisbe i una palma d'or passats en sautor sobremuntats d'una mitra d'argent creuada d'or i amb les ínfules d'or; 4t d'argent, un pi arrencat de sinople acostat de 2 pinyes de sinople una a cada costat del tronc. Per timbre, una corona de vescomte.
Origin/meaning
These arms have been officially granted on 26th October 1987.
The municipality comprises the originary territory of the viscounty of Bas (the arms show the viscount's crown), that since the 14th century has been ruled by the Cabrera family.
These arms show the complexity of the municipality: the first quarter is for Sant Privat d'en Bas (represented by the castle of El Mallol and the chapel of Sant Just, on a hill; this castle was the centre of the viscounty of Bas); Sant Esteve d'en Bas is on the second quarter (it shows a goat -"cabra" in Catalan-, the canting arms of the Cabreras, lords of the village and the whole valley); Joanetes is on the third quarter (it's symbolized by a mitre, a staff and a palm, the attributes of St. Romà -or Romanus-, the patron saint of the village); finally, the fourth quarter is for La Pinya (canting arms: in Catalan this village means "the pine cone", and because of this the arms show a pine and two pine cones).
Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.