Last modified: 2007-08-04 by antónio martins
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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background gyronny (meaning city
rank) of purple and white. The coat of arms is or, a rose gules between
two ogival escuteons azure, charged with 11 bezants argent in 3+2+3+2+1,
all entangled in two vines, one fruited or and the other purple, both
leaved vert. Mural crown argent with five visible towers
(city rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "CIDADE DO CARTAXO".
António Martins, 19 Jul 1999
The nation wide fame of Cartaxo’s wines is well represented on the
coat of arms.
António Martins, 19 Jul 1999
Cartaxo municipality had 22 180 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 8 communes, covering 158 km².
It belongs to the Santarém District and to
the old province of Ribatejo.
António Martins, 19 Jul 1999
The communal flag is white and blue, gyronny. Surprisingly so for the
communal seat is a village, not a city: The law
says that entities seated in towns or
villages must be either plain or quartered, never gyronny.
André Serranho, 30 Jan 2001
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