Bellpuig

BELLPUIG

Official blazon
Catalan	Escut caironat partit: al 1r, d'or, 3 faixes vibrades de sable (les armes dels Anglesola); i al 2n, de gules, 3 cards de tres flors arrencats d'or (les armes dels Cardona); escussó sobre el tot d'or, un mont de 3 cims de sinople movent de la punta, el cim central floronat i més alt que els laterals. Per timbre una corona de baró.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 30, 1981.

Bellpuig was the centre of a barony conceded in 1139 to Berenguer-Arnau d'Anglesola (the arms of the first partition, the dantelly in black and gold, are the arms of the Anglesola family). Later, in 1400, the barony passed to the viscount Hug Folc de Cardona (the arms of the Cardonas are canting: three golden "cards" -thistles in Catalan- on gules). The escutcheon contains properly the municipal sign, and is canting two: Bellpuig means "beautiful hill", and that's a flory mount, embellished with a fleur-de-lis. At the top is a baron crown.Heraldic Bibliography: