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![[Lapa do Lobo commune]](../images/p/pt-nlsll.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017
Shield Argent; a fess Azure, charged with a wolf passant Argent, eyed, armed and tongued Gules; in chief two corn cobs Or leaved Vert ordered per fess, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAPA DO LOBO".
Meaning:
The commune's name means "the wolf's den", the wolf is thus a canting element.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 July 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017
Lapa do Lobo Commune is one of the seven communes of Nelas Municipality; it had 756 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 10.6 km². Lapa do Lobo was established on 4 October 1985 by secession from Canas de Senhorim Commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017
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