Foradada (Lleida)

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FORADADA

Region : Catalonia
Province : Lleida

Official blazon

Escut caironat: de porpra, un mont d'or movent de la punta perforat d'un quadrat i somat d'una creu grega patent de sable. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 23, 2000.

Canting arms: they show the pierced rock ("roca foradada" in Catalan) under which the village was built. The black cross above stands for St. Mary, the local patron saint.