São Mateus

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SÃO MATEUS / PRAIA DA GRACIOSA

Municipality : Santa Cruz da Graciosa
District : Açores

Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de negro, uma bilha de leite de prata, acompanhada à dextra de uma espiga de milho, folhada, de ouro e à sinistra de um alho, de prata, realçado de púrpura; em chefe, um açor voante, de ouro, realçado de negro, segurando nas garras uma cruz da Ordem de Cristo, de vermelho, perfilada e aberta de prata; em contra-chefe, uma faixeta ondeada de verde, de duas burelas ondeadas de prata e carregada de um peixe de ouro, realçado de negro. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda em maiúsculas, a negro: «PRAIA DA GRACIOSA».
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 15, 1994.

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