Last modified: 2015-09-05 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao bento do ameixial | santa vitoria do ameixial | columns(3) | crown | plum tree | crozier | cross(patriarch) |
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The independent communes of São Bento do Ameixial and Santa Vitória do Ameixial merged in 2013, forming the new Ameixial commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
![[São Bento do Ameixial commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzam-sx.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
![[São Bento do Ameixial commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzam-sx).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Nov 2014
Shield Gules, a plum tree eradicated Vert blossomed Argent, in chief a crozier Or tied with a scarf Argent (white) and a patriarch's cross Argent crossed per saltire. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "S. BENTO DO AMEIXIAL".
Meaning:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
São Bento do Ameixial was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 335 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 41,98 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
![[Santa Vitória do Ameixial commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzam-sv.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Nov 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
![Santa Vitória do Ameixial[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzam-sv).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
Shield Argent three Ionian columns ordered 2:1, the lower column topped by a crown proper. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA VITÓRIA DO AMEIXIAL".
Meaning:
The columns are alluding to the Tuscan Order.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 June 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
Santa Vitória do Ameixial was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 362 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 55,51 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014
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