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![[Lama de Arcos commune flag]](../images/p/pt-chvla.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2024
![[Lama de Arcos commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-chvla).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Apr 2024
Shield Argent two grape vines Vert fruited Purple in saltire and in chief a border marker Sable masoned Or with port Argent, in base a fountain Azure masoned Or effervescing Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) ""
Meaning:
The representation of what is blazoned as a border marker on this coat of arms is surprisingly different when compared with the same charge on the arms of other frontier communes (q.v.), especially given that it is expressly indicated as having an aperture (aberto do campo), as some sort of portal, and not the rustic hewn boulders these markers mostly are.
Hiperglobal websit shows for this Coat of Arms an image with significant detail differences — the border marker here is almost comically naive.
The phrase "lama de arcos" means "mud of arches" (again, no "the", making this sound weird also in the original Portuguese); given the atypical representation of the border marker as having/being an archway and considering that the fountain is playing outdoors, these arms can be considered canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 April 2011, here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2024
Lama de Arcos was one of the30 communes of Chaves Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 291 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 13,69 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2024
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