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Gestaçô Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Gestaçô, Concelho de Baião, Distrito do Porto

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2025

Gestaçô Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Gestaçô

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Gestaçô Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Feb 2025

Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2017

Shield Or, two walking sticks Azure in saltire; between two branches of broom (Latin: Cyticus), also in saltire, in chief and a grapevine Argent leaved Vert in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "GESTAÇÔ".
Meaning:
The walking sticks are referring to the well-known local production of walking sticks (Port.: bengalos). The broom (Portuguese: giesta) is a canting element. The name of the commune is derived from that plant. The grape bunch stands for viticulture.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2017 and 16 Feb 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 October 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2017

Presentation of Gestaçô

Gestaçô is one of the eight communes of Baião Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1263 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 14,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Jan 2017

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