BELLVER DE CERDANYA
Province : Lleida
Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on June 12, 1997.
The arms show the castle of Bellver (now in ruins), founded in 1225 by the
count Nunó Sanç of Cerdanya, over the hill named in ancient times Bello Videre. Bellver
was the centre of a vast region in Cerdanya, "la Batllia". Later, when Nunó Sanç died
(1242), the county of Cerdanya was integrated in Catalonia under the king Jaume I; this is
the reason of the royal emblem, the Catalan flag, flying over the castle. At the foot of
the hill there is the walled town of Bellver, that still today preserves a minor part of
the walls.
Literature : Image taken from here
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