The Seal of the Generalitat de Catalunya is the symbol that represents the
Generalitat de Catalunya
The Generalitat de Catalunya (; oc, label=Aranese, Generalitat de Catalonha; es, Generalidad de Cataluña), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed b ...
institutions and related organs.
It was designed by Bartomeu Llongueras during the
Second Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII, and was di ...
. Traditionally, the
St George's Cross
In heraldry, Saint George's Cross, the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
Associated with the cru ...
had been used as the Generalitat's seal.
After
Spain's transition to democracy and the restoration of Catalonia's
self-government
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, it was reinstated, albeit in a slightly modified version,
Normes gràfiques de la identitat corporativa de la Generalitat de Catalunya, gencat.cat (in Catalan)
/ref> in order to avoid confusion when placing the seal upside down (described by statute in 1981, decree 7/1981).
In some situations, a bicolour version is preferred, instead of the traditional tricolour one.
See also
*Seal (emblem)
A seal is a device for making an impression in Sealing wax, wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interf ...
*St George's Cross
In heraldry, Saint George's Cross, the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.
Associated with the cru ...
References
{{Generalitat de Catalunya
Government of Catalonia