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2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2018
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2018
Shield Argent; a belfry Azure masoned Or with windows Or and bells Gules, flanked by two laurel branches Vert in pale; in chief a cross patty Gules, charged with a Greek cross Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LOUROSA - OLIVEIRA DO HOSPITAL".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of the Knights of Christ. The laurel branches (Port.: loureiro, Latin: Laurus nobilis) are canting.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2018
Published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 26 December 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2018
Lourosa Commune is one of the 16 communes of Oliveira do Hospital Municipality; it had 555 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 13.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2018
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