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It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2009
The arms are Vert a castle Or with port and windows Gules, masoned Sable, in chief a Paschal Lamb Argent nimbed Or holding a cross-staff Or with gonfanon Argent charged with a cross Gules throughout. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case letters "ARNÓIA".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2009
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 December 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2009
Arnóia, or Arnoia, and officially so, but wrongly, is one of the ten communes of Celorico de Basto Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 1512 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 18,73 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 Feb 2025
back to Celorico de Basto Communes click here
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