Tarrés

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TARRÉS

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida

Official blazon

Escut caironat: de sinople, una torre oberta d'or acompanyada d'una flor de lis, a la destra, i d'una rella d'argent, a la sinistra. Per timbre, una corona mural de poble.

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 16th May 1990.

The tower is a canting sign, somewhat forced, derived from Catalan "torre"; it may also allude to the former castle of the village. The fleur-de-lis is the symbol of the Virgin Mary, the local patron saint, and the ploughshare is the attribute of St. Isidore, a saint to whom the village is very devoted, because he is the patron saint of the peasants (Tarrés is mostly an agricultural village: its main crops are cereals, grapes, almonds and olives).

Literature : Image taken from http://escuts.wikispaces.com; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.