Póvoa de Varzim
PÓVOA DE VARZIM
District : Porto
Official blazon
Escudo de azul, com uma cruz nodosa de ouro, terminada inferiormente por dois braços de âncora de prata rematada superiormente por um anel, do qual cai um rosário de ouro. Enfiado no mesmo, ladeando a haste da cruz dos dois lados entrelaçando-se no seu pé; e em chefe, um sol de ouro, à dextra, e uma meia lua de prata deitada ( com as pontas para o flanco direito ) à sinistra. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco com a legenda a ouro " PÓVOA DE VARZIM ".
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 27, 1986.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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The previous arms were granted on October 17, 1958 and only differ in the crown.
The firstarms were granted on November 18, 1939 and have a different design:
Freguesias in Póvoa de Varzim :
- A Ver o Mar
- Aguçadoura
- Amorim
- Argivai
- Balazar (Póvoa de Varzim)
- Beiriz
- Estela
- Laúndos
- Navais
- Póvoa de Varzim (freguesia) uses the 1939 arms of the municipality
- Rates
- Terroso
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