This page is part of an mirror of © FOTW Flags Of The World website
This website is devoted to the science of vexillology (the study of flags).
All illustrations presented on this website serve exclusively to provide information in the context of vexillology.
The authors and hosts of this site explicitly distance themselfes from any symbols of unconstitutional organizations that may be depicted here.
Last modified: 2014-08-09 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: mexilhoeira grande | fess | blue mussel | millwheel |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Mexilhoeira Grande commune]](../images/p/pt-ptmmg.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Mar 2008
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain quartered field (town rank), white and green.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Mar 2008
![[Mexilhoeira Grande commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-ptmmg).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 16 Mar 2008
The arms are Vert a fess scaly of Or and Sable between a pair of mussles respectant Argent open and emphasized Sable in chief and a watermill wheel Or in base. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters . "MEXILHOEIRA GRANDE".
Meaning:
"Mexilhoeira grande" means "large mussel place" and the arms are twice canting, with blue mussles (Latin:Mytilus edulis) on it in naturalistic fashion and stylized as scales on the fess. (I bet the original version of the arms had a second wheel in chief, as one reference to mussles would be enough and more elegant.)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Mar 2008
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2001.03.06.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
Mexilhoeira Grande Commune is one of the three communes of the Portimão Municipality (q.v.); it had 3598 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 88,41 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Mar 2008
back to Portimão Communes click here
Advertisement:
Bei Fahnenversand.de erhalten Sie eine Vielzahl an hochwertigen Flaggen, Pins und Aufnähern, zum Beispiel:
