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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2024
Shield Or an eradicated grape vine Vert fruited by two grape bunches Argent flanked by two broken columns Gules and in base two bread paddles Azure in saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FAVAIOS"
Meaning:
Favaios is widely known in Portugal by metonymy and commercial branding of a local muscat wine of the same name; the grape vine on the coat of arms is therefore canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 May 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2024
Favaios was one of the ten communes of Alijó Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 937 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 21.45 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2024
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