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====Official blazon==== | |||
Escudo de ouro, imagem de Nossa Senhora com o menino, vestida de vermelho e com um manto azul, todo brocado de ouro, coroas de ouro perfiladas a negro, sobre dois ramos de oliveira a verde, frutados a negro e atados em ponta, a vermelho. A imagem acompanhada em chefe de dois escudetes a azul polvilhados de besantes de prata. Coroa mural de cinco torres de prata. Listel com as letras a negro : " GUIMARÃES ". | |||
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The arms were officially granted on March 9, 1985. | |||
The Kingdom of Portugal was founded in Guimarães by D. Alfonso Henriques. The arms thus show the oldest form of the Portuguese arms, the shields with the eleven coins. The patron saint of the city is St.Mary. | The Kingdom of Portugal was founded in Guimarães by D. Alfonso Henriques. The arms thus show the oldest form of the Portuguese arms, the shields with the eleven coins. The patron saint of the city is St.Mary. | ||
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Portugal - Brasões dos municípios portugueses |
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GUIMARÃES
District : Braga
Official blazon
Escudo de ouro, imagem de Nossa Senhora com o menino, vestida de vermelho e com um manto azul, todo brocado de ouro, coroas de ouro perfiladas a negro, sobre dois ramos de oliveira a verde, frutados a negro e atados em ponta, a vermelho. A imagem acompanhada em chefe de dois escudetes a azul polvilhados de besantes de prata. Coroa mural de cinco torres de prata. Listel com as letras a negro : " GUIMARÃES ".
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 9, 1985.
The Kingdom of Portugal was founded in Guimarães by D. Alfonso Henriques. The arms thus show the oldest form of the Portuguese arms, the shields with the eleven coins. The patron saint of the city is St.Mary.
Freguesias in Guimarães :
- Atães
- Azurém
- Balazar
- Barco (Guimarães)
- Brito
- Caldelas (Guimarães)
- Calvos
- Costa
- Gémeos
- Gominhães
- Gonça
- Guardizela
- Mascotelos
- Mesão Frio (Guimarães)
- Moreira de Cónegos
- Pinheiro (Guimarães)
- Polvoreira
- Ponte (Guimarães)
- Ronfe
- Santa Eufémia de Prazins
- Santa Maria de Airão
- Santiago de Candoso
- São Cristovão de Selho
- São Lourenço de Sande
- São Martinho de Sande
- São Salvador de Souto
- São Torcato
- Serzedelo (Guimarães)
- Silvares (Guimarães)
- Tabuadelo
- Urgezes
Literature : image provided by Sergio Horta