Catalonian surname, from the village of this name, placed in La Bisbal county, province of Girona, Catalonia, North Eastern Spain. Its first known bearer is Mr. León de Boada, Lord of the House of Boada, born in 1348.

Its coat of arms: shaped shield, first field in azure, a rampant lion with a golden profile, and second field in silver, a standing tower with a gold stair leaning on its wall.

The first half of the shield is the primitive coat of arms of this House, being conceded the second one by Fernando the Third, "The Saint", to the knight Fernán de Boada, who accompanied him to the conquest of Andalucia. He proved its nobility in the Order of St. John of Jerusalen in 1928.

There are about half a dozen of villages named Boada in Catalonia and half a dozen more in the rest of Spain. Please, view the particular case of this village named Boada in the province of Lleida.

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Press article regarding the yearly Boada's meeting (Sorry, in Spanish only at the moment).

Boada's neighbours and friends association.

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