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![[Paredes da Beira commune]](../images/p/pt-sjppb.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 June 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quatered of yellow and blue.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2010
![[Paredes da Beira commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-sjppb).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 29 June 2010
The arms are Azure seven castles Argent set four and two and one masoned Sable with port and windows Gules,in chief a sun Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading "PAREDES DA BEIRA" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
Paredes means (house) walls so the arms might be partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 29 April 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2010
Paredes da Beira Commune is one of the 11 communes of São João da Pesqueira Municipality (q.v.); it had 733 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 23,32 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2010
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