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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Olho Marinho commune flag]](../images/p/pt-obdom.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 31 Jan 2026
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010
![[Olho Marinho commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-obdom).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Aug 2010
Shield Sable a fallow deer passant Or between three heraldic fountains set two and one, between two crescents recumbent Argent in chief an inescutcheon Azure fimbriated Argent 14 plates set 4:3:4:3.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OLHO MARINHO - ÓBIDOS".
Meaning:
"Olho Marinho" means "sea eye" (from "olho da água", "water eye", here meaning a water spring), based on the people´s belief that the local spring connects to the sea (yet is not salty).
The heraldic fountains refer to this (canting). I have no idea about the fallow deer. The inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms, as happens with most communal arms of Óbidos municipality.
These arms are very interestingly designed, with the common chief motive taken from the municipal arms of ÓbidosÓbidos
harmouniously adjusted (see the fimbriation around the inescutcheon, especially) to form an array with the three fountains around the deer.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010 / 31 Jan 2026
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 September 1999, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010
Olho Marinho is one of the six communes of Óbidos Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1361 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 18,32 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Jan 2026
back to Óbidos Communes click here
