Last modified: 2024-08-24 by klaus-michael schneider
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The current flag has the usual modifications: gyronny of eight of yellow and purple, the shield remained the same, the mural crown got five visible towers (city rank) and the scroll´s inscription turned to "MUNICÍPIO DE REGUENGOS DE MONSARAZ".
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Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 July 2014
The arms are Argent between two bunches of grapes Purple leaved Vert a cork oak Vert trunked and eradicated Sable and fruited Or and debarked Gules. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE REGUENGOS DE MONSARAZ. ""Reguengo"" means ""crown land"" (i.e. royal property), though this is not shown in the arms, atypically so.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2007
It was a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a yellow and purple quarterly (town rank) background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2007
The town symbols were published in Diário do Governo : I Série 0n 8 April 1940, the city symbols were published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 March 2019
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2007 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Aug 2024
Reguengos de Monsaraz Municipality had 11 382 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 5 communes covering 461,22 km². It is part of Évora District, traditional province Alto Alentejo, 1999 ref. adm. region and C.C.R. / NUTS II Alentejo, and NUTS III Alentejo Central.
Reguengos de Monsaraz was seat of a municipality since 1838, when the seat changed from Monsaraz, but definitely since 1851, perhaps because Monsaraz had already been a town. Reguengos de Monsaraz was upgraded to a town in 1840 and to a city on 9 December 2004.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 Mar 2007 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 July 2014
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