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![[Figueira (Lamego) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-lmgfg.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 2 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2024
![[Figueira (Lamego) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-lmgfg).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 2 Dec 2024
Shield Argent a fig tree eradicated Vert fruited Purple, on a roundel Gules in chief a Paschal Lamb passant Argent and holding a crucigerous labarum Argent flagged Argent with a cross Gules throughout. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FIGUEIRA - LAMEGO"
Meaning:
The word "figueira" means "fig tree" and these arms are therefore canting. The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint. Sérgio Horta shows the staff of the labarum as golden — in what could be either a simple mistake or a descrepancy between the official blazon and the official illustration. This source the same base image, differing significantly only in the details of the Paschal Lamb, here shown holding a black-staffed labarum
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 24 November 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2024
Figueira was one of the 14 communes of Lamego Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 279 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,75 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Dec 2024
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