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According to my sources, the flag has a plain reddish purple field with the
coat of arms in the centre. However, I believe that the official descriptions
of the flags do not include this colour, so, officially, it may be either red
or purple. The coat of arms has a four-towered
mural crown, a greenish yellow shield charged with a red castle with a blue
door, and a scroll with a single word: "ALMEIDA".
Jorge Candeias, 31 May 1998
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There is not much guessing to do with this coat of arms. Almeida is
an unusual place, because it’s a town completely surrounded by beautiful
defensive walls in the shape of a 10-pointed star, so the castle is a
reference to that.
Jorge Candeias, 31 May 1998
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Almeida is a town that belongs to the district of
Guarda, old province of Beira Alta, future region
of Beira Interior, near the border with Spain.
Its municipality has 520,6 km2 and about 9500 inhabitants
living in 29 communes. It’s economy is mostly rural. I believe that this
is one of the municipalities claimed by the leonese
irredentists.
Jorge Candeias, 31 May 1998
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