São Marcos da Serra

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SÃO MARCOS DA SERRA

Municipality : Silves
District : Faro

Official blazon

Escudo de verde, uma faixa ondeada de prata e azul de três tiras, acompanhada em chefe por torre sineira de prata, rematada por cruz, com sino de negro, ladeada à dextra por cabeça de rei cristão, de carnação, coroada de ouro e cotada de prata, e, à sinistra, por cabeça de rei mouro, de carnação, fotada de prata; em contra-chefe, espiga de ouro, posta em banda e espada de prata, com guarda e punho de ouro, posta em barra, passadas em aspa e atadas de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: “ SÃO MARCOS DA SERRA “.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 25, 1996.

The men are Moors (Arabs) as this village is in the region of Silves, the former Moorish capital of the Algarve region. The river signifies the river Odelouca running through the village, the church is the village church, the wheat sheaf signifies that this is a key wheat growing area. The meaning of the sword I don't know.