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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[Algoz commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-slvat-az).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999
Shield Azure, an orange tree eradicated trunked Or, leaved Vert and fruited Gules, the crown superimposed by an ogival inescutcheon Azure charged with eleven plates ordered 3:2.3:2:1, enwinded by a winged serpent Argent (a kind of dragon / Portuguese: serpe alada) tongued Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black uppercase letters "ALGOZ". An older (?) variant shows slight modifications: 1) black cogwheels in dexter and sinister chief; 2) "JUNTA DE FREGUESIA DE ALGOZ" inscription in black upper case letters. Before being upgraded the number of visible towers had been three (village rank).
(Please note that there are 13 plates on the inescutcheon within image)
Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2014
This beast in portuguese heraldry is called a serpe, a winged snake (or serpent). It is neither a (two legged) dragon nor a (four legged) wyvern, but a legless beast whose english name I dont know. It shows also on the municipal arms of Serpa (canting arms), in Argent, and on the crest of the portuguese royal arms, in Vert langued gules.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Jan 2000
![[Algoz commune (1994-2001)]](../images/p/pt-slvat-az1.gif) 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2014 |
![[Algoz commune (1994-2001)]](../images/p/pt-slvat-az2.gif) 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999
Algoz was upgraded to town status on 12 July 2001
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 October 2001
Former flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 March 1994
Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999
Algoz Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Silves Municipality, It had 3831 inhabitants in 2011 covering 38,91 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2014
![[ commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-slvat-tu.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2014
![[ commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-slvat-tu).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Dec 2014
Shield Argent, locomotive of Or and Sable, in chief three billets Gules ordered per fess, in base a hill issuant Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village) and white scroll reading in black uppercase letters "".
Meaning:
The locomotive is alluding to the local railway station.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2014
Tunes Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Silves Municipality, It had 2660 inhabitants in 2011 covering 12,13 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Dec 2014
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