"Very Beautiful Stone Carved With The Royal Coat Of Arms Of Savoy"
Very beautiful stone carved with the Royal Coat of Arms of Savoy. It decorated the main entrance door of a large property (“Tanca”) belonging to a noble family of Catalan origin (Amat) who put down roots in the Kingdom of Sardinia (1297-1861) from the 14th century. When the Princes of Savoy acquired the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720, they inherited the title of King and adopted its emblem: in an oval a red cross on a white background surmounted by the imperial crown. The word “Tanca” which appears on the stone comes from the Catalan “Tancar” = to close - to surround, and designates a castle - farm of feudal origin. 
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