Catalan District Tartan Tartan Number: 2071. Earliest known date: 1991 The 10th century Compte de Barcelona, Guifre Pilos, with his dying breath brushed his four bloodstained fingers down his shield leaving four vertical stripes creating the heraldic device of Catalunya. Later the stripes were turned sideways for the Bandera. (flag). The tartan also incorporates white for the snow, green for the flora and blue for the Mediterranean Sea. It was first seen at the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992. See products available Copyright © Blair Urquhart, Comrie, 2015