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Last modified: 2024-05-16 by 
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Keywords: conceicao(faro) | estoi | bucket elevator | crescent(recumbent) | star(6-point) | coronet(royal) | column(corinthian) | laurel(wreath) | coronet(viscount) |
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![[Conceição (Faro) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-farce-cc.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
Shield Azure, in base a bucket elevator Argent garnished Sable, in centre a crescent recumbent Or topped by a 6-point star of the same and a royal coronet of the same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CONCEIÇÃO - FARO"
Meaning:
Crescent and star probably are attributes of Our Lady of Conception, the local patron saint. The bucket elevator is a masterpiece of Moorish engineering technology, that enables the elevation of buckets from a waterwell by chain , usually using donkeys or cows, and that is spreadout in allmost all of the Iberian Peninsula, and very common in my region of the Algarve.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015 and Zachary Harden, 15 Mar 2024
Draft of flag and arms made by Luís Moreira (GEPHA), published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 July 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
Conceição Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Faro Municipality (q.v.); it had 4524 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 21.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
![[Estoi commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-farce-es.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
Shield Gules with base wavy of Argent and Azure, crowned by a column Argent with a Corinthian head, flanked by a wreath of laurel Or at dexter and a viscount's coronet at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ESTOI".
Sources: here, here, here and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 26 June 2008
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
Estoi Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Faro Municipality (q.v.); it had 3652 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 46.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Aug 2015
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