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![[Lodares commune flag]](../images/p/pt-lsdlo.gif)
2:3, image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Oct 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Oct 2024
Editor´s note: a larger image by Jörg Majewski, can be seen by clicking here
Shield Sable eight barrulets wavy Azure fimbriated Argent, over all a mandorla flamant Or, charged above with a coronet Gules, flanked by two corn plants Vert, each having three corn cobs. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LODARES - LOUSADA". The arms are sometimes displayed with different shape of coronet and without corn plants.
Meaning:
Mandorla and coronet are attributes of St. Marinha, local patron saint and former name giver of the commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Oct 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 August 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Oct 2024
Lodares, also called Santa Marinha de Lodares, is one of the nine communes of Lousada Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 2063 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,58 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Oct 2024
back to Lousada Communes click here
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