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![[Santa Marinha commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vngss-sm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,
It is an untypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field with a blue bordure.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
The arms are Azure a traditional Port wine barrel cargo Douro river ship Sable garnished Or and sailed Argent charged on its sail with an inescutcheon Azure bearing plates and in dexter chief a tower Sable masoned and open Argent and flagged Gules and in sinister chief a crescent Or and base wavy of four Or an Azure. Mural
crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA MARINHA DE PORTUGAL".
Meaning:
The golden and blue waves, as opposed to silver and blue, usual for rivers, might refer to the incorrect but very popular etymology of the local river Douro - as "de ouro" / "d'ouro" = "[made] of gold".
António Martins-Tuválkin,
Flag and arms adopted by the communal government in or before 2007 but never approved (or even submitted) to the CHAAP (q.v.) for official approval. As such it is not mentioned by Sérgio Horta.
I do not know what this was not yet submitted. A bordered flag can't be accepted for a commune - but is this what's keeping it from being approved? That would be unlikely, communal and municipal governments are sometimes stubborn about heraldic details, it would be the 1st case, I think, of a flag causing a fuss.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
Santa Marinha Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of (Vila Nova de) Gaia Municipality (q.v.); it had 496 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 35.34 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Apr 2010
Sources: photos provided by António Martins-Tuválkin shot in 2007 and 2009, best seen here
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