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![[Salzedas commune]](../images/p/pt-trcsz.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2010
It is a fairly typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a quartered red and white background (town rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2010
![[Salzedas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-trcsz).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 10 Aug 2010
The arms are Azure a bend chequy of three orders Argent and Gules between two bunches of grapes Or and overall a base wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SALZEDAS".
Meaning:
The chequered bend is alluding to the Cistercians.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1997.08.05.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2010
Salzedas Commune is one of the 10 communes of Tarouca Municipality (q.v.); it had 861 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 8,92 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 10 Aug 2010
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