Creixomil (Guimarães)
CREIXOMIL
Municipality : Guimarães
District : Braga
Official blazon
Escudo de verde, cruzeiro de ouro e ponte de prata, realçada de negro, de dois arcos de vãos diferentes; em ponta, ondado de prata e azul de três faixas. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: “CREIXOMIL”.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 12, 2013.
The arms show the local bridge, which supposedly dates from Roman times, over the Selho river on the road from Guimarães to Porto.
Above the bridge is the monument Padrão de S.Lázaro (monument of St. Lazarus) in the town, a historical landmark.
 The Roman bridge |
 The monument of St. Lazarus |
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