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2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Sep 2006 |
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2024 |
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2024 |
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field, with masonry (see left image above), without masonry (see central image above) and with additional inscription "VILA DE" ... (see left image above)
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Sep 2006
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 22 Sep 2006 |
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Mar 2024 |
The coat of arms is Sable a towered Argent ((masoned Sable)) with port and windows Gules, surrounded in chief by an arch of seven bees Or pointing to the centre. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE ALFÂNDEGA DA FÉ" (see right image above).
Please note that the new image does not show masonry lines on the walls of the tower, following Sérgio Horta´s new interpretation, as the blazon
itself doesn´t mention it. Since however there is still a widespread use of the masonry lines (see left image above) and see here.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Sep 2006 / 1 Mar 2024
Another popular variant of the flag shows the scroll bearing only the toponym, without the unnecessary (and percieved as demeening) epithet
"VILA DE" (= "town of"). Some examples in more or less official use see
Published in Diário do Governo, I Série, p.565 on 27 April 1935
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Sep 2006
"Alfândega da Fé" means literaly "Faith Toll" and apparently this is not referred to in the arms. Alfândega da Fé municipality had 4324 inhabitants in 2021, and it is divided in 12 communes, covering 31,95 km². It belongs to the Bragança District, to the traditional province and would be administrative region Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, and to the current NUT2/CCR region Norte.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Mar 2024
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