Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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Among some legal descriptions of flags in an old edition of
Grande Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira (Brasilian-Portuguese
Great Enciclopaedia), there’s Fronteira, said to have a plain
white background.
António Martins, 12 May 2000
The municipal arms shows in the center of the flag: gules, a
castle argent, open sable and charged with a cross fleury vert
(Avis Order cross). Mural crown of
four towers (which shows the municipality seat in
town rank), and scroll reading
"FRONTEIRA" in capitals. The castle, as
usual, stands for the local castle and the cross relates to the
monk-warrior order that own the region after the conquest
(Avis Order).
António Martins, 15 Dec 1998
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have
armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Although the flag of Fronteira municipality is reported in
[drn94] to be a highly atypical
(and illegal) vertical bicolor of red and green that is a report
we at Lusovex were never able to verify.
António Martins, 12 May 2000
According to this report [drn94],
the flag is very unusual, party green and
red; this is said to be to stress the “portugueseness” of the town,
especially because "fronteira" means "border line" — the fact
that this municipality is not on the border with Spain seems
to be irrelevant. (The name cames from a time when it did, with the
portuguese-arab border of the 13th century…)
António Martins, 15 Dec 1998