Last modified: 2018-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Angústias commune]](../images/p/pt-hrtag.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 5 July 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 July 2010
![[Angústias commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-hrtag).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 5 July 2010
The arms are Azure three bezants set in fess, each charged with three drops Sable set one and two, in chief a heart Or speared by a sinister bendy sword Sable, issuant from a base wavy Argent and Vert a whale's fin Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "HORTA - ANGÚSTIAS".
Meaning:
The name of the Commune comes from the Catholic parish, it is derived from and is conterminous to and synonym of, and the arms show the tokens of its patron, the Marian invocation Our Lady of Sorrows (usual Portuguese name is "dores", not "angústias", though).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 July 2010
Flag and arms published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 January 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 July 2010
Angústias Commune (or Horta (Angústias) Commune) is one of the 13 communes of Horta Municipality, and one of the urban communes (boroughs) of Horta city; it had 2418 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 4.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 July 2018
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