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![[Desejosa commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbcde.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 20 Mar 2025
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, 20 Mar 2025
![[Desejosa commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbcde).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 20 Mar 2025
Shield Argent at dexter a pair of olive twigs Vert fructed Sable crossed per saltire, at sinister a grape bunch Purple leafed Vert, in chief a tau cross Sable and in base a hunting bugle horn Gules cordoned Or.Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "DESEJOSA"
Meaning:
The tau cross is an attribute of St. Anthony of Thebes, also called Anthony the Great. Olive twigs and grape bunch represent agiculture, especially the production of oil and wines. The horn is referring to the local area of hunting, still practised today.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 January 2006
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2025
Desejosa is one of the nine communes of Tabuaço Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 117 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,7 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Mar 2025
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