Last modified: 2015-10-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Caparica commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-almct-cr.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 31 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Shield Argent, a cape Gules semy of bezants between two grapevines Purpure leaved Vert, base wavy Azure, crowned by a barrulet wavy Argent crowned by a mountain issuant Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CAPARICA".
Meaning:
The bezanted cape probably is an attribute of Our Lady of Monte da Caparica, which means "mountain of the rich cape".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 May 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Caparica Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almada Municipality (q.v.); it 20 454 had inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
![[Trafaria commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-almct-tr).jpg)
image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Shield Gules, base Or, crowned by five alternating barrulets wavy of Azure and Argent, crowned by a fortress Argent with two Spanish turrets, masoned Sable, flanked at dexter by an anchor Or topped by two oars of the same crossed per saltire, and at sinister by a pine tree Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "". "VILA DE TRAFARIA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
Trafaria Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almada Municipality (q.v.); it had 5696 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 Mar 2015
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