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It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a
red and yellow quartered
(town rank) background. The banner should have
golden and red tassels and cord, and golden pole and spear finial. Flag and
arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 1994.10.26.
António Martins, 14 Aug 2008
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The arms are Argent a cork oak erradicated Proper fruited Or and decorked Gules flanked by two six-rayed estoiles Gules and in chief two crescents Gules pointing up and in base a roundel Gules. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Sobreda - Almada". Original blazon:
Escudo de prata, um sobreiro arrancado de sua cor, landado de ouro e descascado de vermelho, entre duas estrelas de seis raios, acompanhado em chefe de dois crescentes e em ponta de uma arruela, tudo de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "SOBREDA - ALMADA".António Martins, 14 Aug 2008
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
See also:
Sobreda Commune is one of the eleven communes of the
Almada Municipality; it had 10 821 inhabitants
in 2001 and covers 6,64 km².
"Sobreda" is a cognate of "sobro", old Portuguese for "cork",
which shows the cork oak in the arms as a canting element.
António Martins, 14 Aug 2008
It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a
plain yellow background. The banner should have golden
and red tassels and cord, and golden pole with spear finial. Flag and arms
adopted and published in the official journal
Diário da República : III
Série in 1996.06.25.
António Martins, 15 Oct 2008
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The arms are Gules a lighthouse Or masoned Sable between two hand adzes Argent and in chief a vol Or and on a base wavy Argent a fess Azure wavy. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Cacilhas". Original blazon:
Escudo de vermelho, um farol de ouro perfilado de negro, entre duas enxós de prata, e da dextra volvida; em chefe, duas asas estendidas de ouro; contra-chefe ondeado de três tiras, de prata e de azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "CACILHAS".António Martins, 15 Oct 2008
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
See also:
Cacilhas Commune is one of the eleven communes of
Almada Municipality; it had 6970 inhabitants in 2001
and covers 0,97 km². This former village, now a part of Almada city
(and as such of the Greater Lisbon conurbation), has
had and still has logistic importance being the best local harbour
linking Lisbon to the southern bank of the Tagus
(everywhere else being either too steep or too far) — the lighthouse
on the arms is connected to that fact; the hand adzes may stand for the local
shibuilding industry
(here’s
a hand adze in current use) — Cacilhas having been a housing site for workers
of the Lisnave shipyard.
António Martins, 15 Oct 2008
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