Last modified: 2014-11-22 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao lourenco de mamporcao | sao bento de ana loura | cross(avis) | oak(twig) | millwheel | chalice | serpent | base(wavy) |
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The independent communes of São Lourenço and Mamporcão e São Bento de Ana Loura merged in 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
![[São Lourenço de Mamporcão commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzss-sl.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Nov 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
![[São Lourenço de Mamporcão commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzss-sl).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
Shield Or, five oak twigs Gules - each with two leaves and one acorn - ordered in quincunx, in central chief a cross fleury Vert. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "S. LOURENÇO DE MAMPORCÃO" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The cross is referring to the Avis Order, local ruler of nearly the whole municipality between 1250 and 1821.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 March 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
São Lourenço de Mamporcão was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 524 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 16,88 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
![[São Bento de Ana Loura commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzss-so.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Nov 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
![[São Bento de Ana Loura commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-etzss-so).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 12 Nov 2014
Shield Purpure, in central chief a chalice Or, a serpent Argent creeping out from the chalice, two water millwheels Argent ordered per fess over a base wavy of Argent and Azure. Mural crown with three visible towers (village) and white scroll reading "S. BENTO DE ANA LOURA" in black upper case letters.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
São Bento de Ana Loura was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 32 (!) inhabitants in 2011 and covered 26,52 km², , that's nearly 1 km² for every inhabitant.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2014
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