![[Beato commune (Lisboa)]](../images/p/pt-lsbbe.gif)
Last modified: 2014-12-06 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: beato(lisboa) | eagle(red) | inkpot | cogwheel | tobacco(leaf) | base(wavy) |
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2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
![[Beato commune (Lisboa) CoA]](../images/p/pt-lsbbe).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
Shield Argent with a base wavy of Azure and Argent, an eagle Gules with an inkpot Sable in his beak, in chief a cogwheel Azure between two tobacco leaves Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "BEATO - LISBOA".
Meaning:
The eagle securing an inkpot is representing the Order of the Lóios, the convent of ""the good fellows of Vilar de Frades" or "Blue Capitulars", called Lóios. The leaves refer to an old tobacco fabric in the village, the cogwheel is symbolizing industries. Finally the base wavy is symbolizing the River Tejo.
Flag and arms were designed by Eduardo Lourenço Brito.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 November 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
Beatois one of the 24 communes of Lisboa Municipality. It had 12 429 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 1,62 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Nov 2014
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