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Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Italy (Liguria)
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Variations Last name: Picaluga,Piccaluga,Pita Luga,Pittaluga
Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
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Pitaluga
Variations Last name: Picaluga,Piccaluga,Pita Luga,Pittaluga
Ancient and noble Italian family, of clear and ancestral virtue, that has worldwide spread, over the centuries. Known as Pittaluga or Pitaluga but also as Piccaluga or Picaluga, this House had its first cradle in Val Polcevera, one of the main valleys crossing Genoa. This surname appears for the first time in Ligurian historical documents in the 13th century, when a certain "Pittaluga, son of Antonio" is mentioned in an act from the year 1257. It should be noted that the original form of a surname did not always remain intact over the centuries with its primitive spelling. Often due to incorrect transcriptions, dialectal transformations according to the regions where the lineage gradually moved, the incomprehensible handwriting of the scribes, etc., there were changes in phonetics and handwriting. Many members of this family were well-known merchants of wool, silk and other goods, and their activities made them one of the ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonPitaluga
Variations Last name: Picaluga,Piccaluga,Pita Luga,Pittaluga
1. Coat of arms of family: PitaLuga, Pittaluga, Pita Luga
Language of the text: Italiano
Vert, a lion proper crowned or, holding a grape stalked and leaved proper.
Source: "La università delle insegne ligustiche delineate da Gio. Andrea Musso" 17th century paper manuscript (1680) kept at the Berio Library in Genoa
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