Coat of arms of Catalonia

The Coat of arms of Catalonia is based on four red pallets on gold background which have been used since the Middle Ages on several coats of arms. Its origin is strongly related to that of the arms of the Crown of Aragon. It is considered by heraldists and by the government of Catalonia to be originally the familiar arms of the Counts of Barcelona, and it was adopted by the descendents of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona as Kings of Aragon. Several authors strongly dispute the origin of coat and consider the arms to always have been those of the Kings of Aragon.

Coat of arms of Catalonia

The Coat of arms of Catalonia is based on four red pallets on gold background which have been used since the Middle Ages on several coats of arms. Its origin is strongly related to that of the arms of the Crown of Aragon. It is considered by heraldists and by the government of Catalonia to be originally the familiar arms of the Counts of Barcelona, and it was adopted by the descendents of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona as Kings of Aragon. Several authors strongly dispute the origin of coat and consider the arms to always have been those of the Kings of Aragon.