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![[Benespera commune flag]](../images/p/pt-grdbe.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2024
Shield Argent a throughout tau cross Azure, flanked at dexter by an olive branch Vert fruited Sable and at sinister by a pine branch Vert fruited Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "BENESPERA".
Meaning:
The tau cross is an attribute of St. Anthony, the local patron saint. It is actually, acc. to blazon, a fess on chief with an annexed pale.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 March 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2024
Benespera is one of the 34 communes of Guarda Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 281 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 18,16 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Sep 2024
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