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![[ commune]](../images/p/pt-acbav-ac.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta,
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain field.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[ commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-acbav-ac).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,
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Meaning:
António Martins-Tuválkin,
António Martins-Tuválkin,
municipality communes covering 567,31 km². part of , traditional province ,
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[Vestiaria commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-acbav-ve.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 7 Mar 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Mar 2010
![[ commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-acbav-ve).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta,
The arms are Argent a lozenge throughout Azure and fess throughout wavy Azure fimbriated Argent and a bend throughout checquy of Gules and Argent and in sinister chief a grill Sable alight with flames Gules garnished Or. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VESTIARIA".
Meaning:
"Vestiaria" refers clothing (exact meaning uncertain) and in Portuguese heraldry a shield with a lozenge throughout is said to be "dressed" (or "clothed") (also in Spanish: < http://www.armoria.info/glosario_heraldico/Vestido.html >), thus canting arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Mar 2010
Flag adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 30 Dec 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Mar 2010
Vestiaria Commune is one of the pre-2013 communes of Alcobaça Municipality (q.v.); it had 1262 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 6,31 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 7 Mar 2010
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