Last modified: 2018-04-23 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Garvão commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-orqgs-gv.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field. Above the arms is an embowed inscription in black initials "JUNTA DA FREGUESIA".
Source: I spotted this flag in the local communal office on 12 Apr 2018.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2018
Shield Argent, a stone oak Vert trunked Sable, flanked in chief by two crosses fleury fitchy Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "VILA DE GARVÂO"
Meaning:
Both "sword crosses" refer to the Order of Santiago. Nearly the same arms, with the crosses being Purpure and voided or, if you prefer, charged with a Greek cross Argent, are already displayed in Ignacio de Vilhena Barbosa: "As Cidades e Villas da Monarchia portugueza que teem brasão d'armas", vol.1, p. 183, Lisboa 1860.
Garvão, which had in the Middle Ages the biggest market South of River Tejo, had already a coat of arms carved in stone since the times, in which it had been a municipality (1267 - 1836) and consisted of two communes: Garvão proper and Santa Luzia. Both communes form a united commune since 2013.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Arms emitted by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 20 February 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Garvão Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourique Municipality (q.v.); it had 731 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 42.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
![[Santa Luzia (Ourique) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-orqgs-sl.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Shield Azure, two windmill's wheels Or rigged Argent ordered per fess between between a lantern Or flamed Or and Gules in central chief and a sheaf of three wheat ears Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SANTA LUZIA - OURIQUE"
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
Santa Luzia Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ourique Municipality (q.v.); it had 352 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 34.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Sep 2015
back to Ourique Communes click here