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NOVILLAS

Region : Aragón
Province : Zaragoza

Official blazon

De azur, dos novillas pasantes, cola sobre el lomo, de oro, puestas en pal; filiera componada, de dieciocho piezas, de gules y plata. Al timbre, corona del Escudo de España.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 9, 2008.

The arms are canting, novilla meaning a young cow. Another explanation links the cows to the arms of Béarn, in France. The Lords of Novillas of the Atarés family had descended through marriage from the Lords of Béarn.