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São Bartolomeu de Messines Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de São Bartolomeu de Messines, Concelho de Silves, Distrito de Faro

Last modified: 2014-12-20 by klaus-michael schneider
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[São Bartolomeu de Messines commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Dec 2014
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Dec 2014

Coat of arms

[São Bartolomeu de Messines commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 15 Dec 2014

Shield Argent, belfry of the same edged Gules, accompanied in chief by two lying crescents Gules and in base by two riders afronty Proper, bordure Azure charged with seven fig leaves Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE S. BARTOLOMEU DE MESSINES".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Dec 2014

Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 October 1992
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Dec 2014

Presentation of São Bartolomeu de Messines

São Bartolomeu de Messines Commune is one of the six communes of Silves Municipality, It had 8430 inhabitants in 2011 covering 246,41 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Dec 2014

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