Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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![[Alcobaça municipality]](../images/p/pt-acb.gif)
The flag is a gyronny flag of yellow over dark blue with the
coat of arms in the centre. The coat of arms consists of a shield,
above wich there is a 5-towered mural crown, and surrounded in the
lower part by the neckless of the Order
of Tower and Sword (a portuguese decoration that may be
attributed to our municipalities), and a scroll.
André Serranho was able to find in one source we both have a
tiny coat of arms with scroll, where it is visible that the scroll
now bears one single word, "ALCOBAÇA", though
it’s shape is identical as before. This means
that the word is squeezed into the area where used to be the word
"DE".
The shield is horizontally divided in three fields: the upper field
contains three fleur-de-lises, the central field conteins a tower
and two crescents facing upwards, all in gold, and the lower field
contains two blue wavy lines on a silver field.
Jorge Candeias, 05 Apr 1998, 16 Apr 1998 and 29 May 1998,
and António Martins, 08 Apr 1998
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