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[[Literature]] : image send by [http://www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/index Sergio Horta]
[[Literature]] : image send by [http://www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/index Sergio Horta]


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[[Category:Portuguese municipalities B]]
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[[Category:Faro]]
[[Category:Granted 2000]]
[[Category:Granted 2000]]

Revision as of 09:15, 11 September 2011

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BARÃO DE SÃO JOÃO

Municipality : Lagos
District : Faro

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Official blazon:
Escudo de verde, Agnus Dei de prata, com um lábaro do mesmo, hasteado de ouro e carregado de uma cruz firmada, de vermelho; em chefe, coronel de barão, de ouro, com suas pérolas e rubis. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro “ BARÃO DE SÃO JOÃO “.

Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on January 28, 2000.

The arms are canting; the name means Baron of Saint John. The crown in the upper half is a baron's crown. The lower half shows a Agnus Dei (Paschal Lamb), the symbol of St. John.

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta