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Ameixial Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Ameixial, Concelho de Estremoz, Distrito de Évora

Last modified: 2015-09-05 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sao bento do ameixial | santa vitoria do ameixial | columns(3) | crown | plum tree | crozier | cross(patriarch) |
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Introduction of Ameixial

The independent communes of São Bento do Ameixial and Santa Vitória do Ameixial merged in 2013, forming the new Ameixial commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014


Flag of former São Bento do Ameixial Commune (until 2013)

[São Bento do Ameixial commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Coat of arms

[São Bento do Ameixial commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Nov 2014

Shield Gules, a plum tree eradicated Vert blossomed Argent, in chief a crozier Or tied with a scarf Argent (white) and a patriarch's cross Argent crossed per saltire. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "S. BENTO DO AMEIXIAL".
Meaning:

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Presentation of São Bento do Ameixial

São Bento do Ameixial was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 335 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 41,98 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014


Flag of former Santa Vitória do Ameixial Commune

[Santa Vitória do Ameixial commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Nov 2014

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Coat of arms

Santa Vitória do Ameixial[ commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Shield Argent three Ionian columns ordered 2:1, the lower column topped by a crown proper. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA VITÓRIA DO AMEIXIAL".
Meaning:
The columns are alluding to the Tuscan Order.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 June 1996.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014

Presentation of Santa Vitória do Ameixial

Santa Vitória do Ameixial was one of the pre-2013 communes of Estremoz Municipality. It had 362 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 55,51 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Nov 2014


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