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FAMILY CAVA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Coat of arms and family crest of Cava.

Genealogy of family Cava, origin of Cava, provenance of the family name Cava.

History and meaning for Cava.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name Cava.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name Cava.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Cava:

1) The origin of the family name Cava.

2) The meaning of the family name Cava.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Cava.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Cava.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

The family name Cava has a Spanish coat of arms certified by the Chronicler and King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Persons with the name Cava proved their nobility in Real Chancilleria of Valladolid, as recorded in the archives of this institution.

It is known that the Cava have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Catalonia (Spain).

* Estremadura (Spain).

* Catalonia (Spain).

* Italy.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Cava:

* Repertorio de Blasones de la Comunidad Hispanica, by the Spanish King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

* Nobiliario Espanol, by Julio de Atienza.

* Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna, by Augusto Cuartas.

* El Solar catalan, valenciano y balear, by Garcia Carraffa.

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Nobiliario de Extremadura, by Adolfo Barredo de Valenzuela y Arrojo, and Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas y Lopez.

* Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti, by Gofredo di Crollalanza.

* Blasonario de la Consanguinidad iberica.

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Burnt Parchment with the coat of arms, origin and history for the family name Cava.
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Coat of arms for Cava and the history and origin for the family name Cava in JPG or Vectorial files as Corel-Draw, AI, WMF, etc.

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The Blasonario of the Iberian Consanguinity, where apper the heraldry of Cava, consists of 7 volumes, starting the first in the year 1979 and the last in the year 1997, being its authors Ampelio Alonso de Cadenas, the King of Arms Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent (maximum authority of Spanish heraldry) and Liliana Ruiz Carrasco. It compiles a set of coats of arms and crests from different Spanish archives, others from armor stones, many from military passports and more from nobility, such as the name Cava corresponding to a line whose origin or location is indicated, but without specific attribution to a specific family. It includes family names as Cava of an extensive universal geography but that were part of the Iberian Community.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Cava appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Cava. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Cava.

The book "Apellidos Catalanes. Heraldica de Cataluna" by Augusto Cuartas, where the history and heraldry of the name Cava appears, describes Catalan lineages and family names, such as name Cava. Covers the birthplace of the name Cava, its derivatives, historical and etymological origin, as well as many other data of interest of the family name Cava that justify its origin. All this as a result of the work of an expert in HERALDRY that has unraveled the historical and heraldic archives during a patient research work on the last names, lineages and heraldry of Catalonia.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

2) ARGENT (Silver): Purity, Integrity, Obedience, Firmness, Surveillance, Eloquence and Expiration.

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* HORSE: The Horse is considered the symbol of war, representing Boldness and Speed in Action.

* CRICKET: The Cricket is a symbol of the Irresolute and Inconstant Lover.

* TREE: The Tree is a symbol of Ancient and Clarified Nobility.

* FOUNTAIN: The Fountain is a symbol of Philanthropy and Splendidity.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* OLIVE: The Olive Tree is a symbol of Peace, due to the perennial green of its leaves, it also means Immutable Courage against adverse fortune.

* GRAPE: The Grapes symbolizes Liberality, felicity, and peace; also, association with wine-making.

* CHAIN: The Chain generally means Captivity suffered by the defense of the King or the Homeland.

* The family name Cava appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Cava as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Cava

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