Last modified: 2014-10-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: guetim | cross(patty;voided) | corn(cobs;2) | grapes(2) | base(wavy) |
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![[Guetim commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-espag-gu.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Apr 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Apr 2010
![[Guetim commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-espag-gu).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Apr 2010
The arms are Or a latin cross patty Gules voided Argent flanked in chief by two maize ears Gules leaved Vert and in base by two bunches of grapes purpure leaved Vert and a base wavy of six Vert and Argent. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "GUETIM".
Meaning:
The etymology of Guetim is obscure and none of the elements of the CoA is canting - the cross of the Christ Knights' Order (blazoned as "in 18th cent. style") relates to local church jewllery (as given to Sérgio Horta by the local government and on < http://www.jf-guetim.pt/freguesia/historia3.html > the page about heraldry at the official website), as maize and and grapes / wine symbolize local farming; the silvery and *green* wavy base does symbolize the sea, but the nearest seaside is 3 km away (far fetched for an entity under two sq. kilometers!) and located outside the commune (see map in the official website < http://www.jf-guetim.pt/localizacao.html >) though Sérgio Horta quotes the local government to state that it "symbolizes the Altantic Ocean, which washes the commune" - yet it does not.
(editorial note:both webpages cited are meanwhile obsolete or replaced; kms))
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Apr 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 10 May 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Apr 2010
Guetim Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Espinho Municipality (q.v.); it had 1532 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 1,76 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Apr 2010
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