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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag, with the
coat of arms
centered on a black and white gyronny (city
rank) background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official
journal Diário da República : III Série in 1994.02.25.
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
These arms and flag were adopted upon the upgrade of the
municipality seat to city status in 1993.07.02 and are a trivial change
of the former arms, which included four visible crown towers
(town rank); the previous
background was plain white, so the flag change was not
trivial.
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
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The arms are Sable above a seven-arched embattled bridge Argent masoned
Sable and issuant from a base wavy Azure semee of wavelets Argent a fountain
Or playing Argent. Mural crown argent with five visible towers
(city rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "Marco de Canaveses".
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
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
This was changed in 1986, as published in the official
journal Diário da República : III Série in 1986.05.26, by which the
scroll read only "Marco de Canaveses".
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
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
The original version was adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I Série in 1935.02.28 and had on the scroll the
lettering "Vila do Marco de Canaveses". This was changed in
1986.
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
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
Marco de Canaveses municipality had 53 961 inhabitants in 2001 and
consists of 31 communes covering 202,02 km². It is part of
Porto District, traditional province
Douro Litoral, 1999 ref. adm. region
Entre Douro e Minho, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Norte,
and NUTS III Tâmega.
António Martins, 06 Jun 2007
It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the
coat of arms
centered on a quartered background
of white and blue. The banner should have silvery and blue 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 2000.08.02.
António Martins, 02 Oct 2008
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The arms are Azure a abbot's crozier Or in pale charged with a mitre Or and flanked by two bunches of grapes Purpure each on a leaf Argent and two maize ears Or leaved Argent and on a base wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila Boa do Bispo". Original blazon:
Armas - Escudo de azul, com um báculo abacial posto em pala e carregado de uma mitra, tudo de ouro, acantonado no primeiro e no quarto cantão de um cacho uvas de púrpura, folhado de prata e no segundo e no terceiro de uma espiga de milho de ouro, folhada de prata; campanha ondada de prata e azul, de três tiras. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "VILA BOA DO BISPO".António Martins, 02 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
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