Sant Vicenç de Montalt

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SANT VICENÇ DE MONTALT

Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona

Official blazon

Escut caironat: d'argent, un mont de sinople movent de la punta carregat d'un sautoret d'or i sobremuntat d'una mola de gules; el peu d'or, 4 pals de gules. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.

Origin/meaning

These arms have been officially granted on 29th January 1988.

Canting arms: they show a "mont alt" (Catalan for "high mount"). The saltire and the millstone are the attributes of St. Vincent, the local patron saint. The royal arms of Catalonia-Aragon (four pales Gules on Or) remind the jurisdiction of the Crown over the village (Sant Vicenç de Montalt had belonged to the royal castle of Mata until the 16^th century, when it obtained a separated municipality).

Literature : Image taken from Wikipedia; background from Enric Fontvila, Barcelona.