Coat of arms of Bivona

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Coat of arms of Bivona
Shield bearing two intertwined branches of oak and olive tree and crest, surmounted by a crown, depicting at the top a half waning moon and a crab at the bottom.

The Coat of arms of Bivona is the representational emblem of the Italian town of Bivona, in Agrigento, Sicily, situated in the Monti Sicani mountain range.^[1]

It represents the ancient state of nobility and wealth, social and cultural development of the country, that became a duchy in the 16th century,^[2] capital of the district,^[3] and a Comune, in the 19th century; and the seat of sottintendenza and sub-prefecture,^[4][5] reason that the emblem also act as the coat of arms of the province of Agrigento.

In ancient times the emblem was stamped on the crown walls:^[6] in 1554, the town was adorned with the title of city.^[2]