Caseres

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CASERES

Region : Catalonia
Province : Tarragona

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Official blazon

Escudo en losange de ángulos rectos: de gules, un perro pasante de oro acompañado de una cruz de Malta en el jefe. Por timbre, una corona de villa.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 15, 1982.

The arms are canting: they show a hound, that refers both to a "ca" (Catalan for "dog") and to the "caceres" (Catalan popular ethymology for "huntings"). The Cross of Malta appears because the town belonged to the Templar (and later Hospitaller ) command of Horta de Sant Joan.

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