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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a quartered background
(town status) of green and
black. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo : I
Série in 1939.06.20.
António Martins, 01 Oct 2007
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The arms are Azure issuant from a campaign of dirt Argent emphasized Sable
charged with two fesses wavy Vert five volcanos Argent emphasized Sable
flaming Gules and Or being the central one larger all under two bunches of
grapes Or set in fess and on the chief a goshawk
Proper holding an escutcheon Azure charged with five plates Argent set in
saltire (a quina). Mural crown argent with
four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "Vila da Madalena".
António Martins, 01 Oct 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Madalena municipality had 6136 inhabitants in 2001 and consists of 6
communes covering 149,08 km², taking up the western half of the
Pico Island. It is part of
Azores Region (also a NUTS II and traditional
province), former Horta District.
Francisco Santos, 01 Oct 2007
"Madalena" is Portuguese for "[Mary] Magdalene", of which
there’s no reflection on the arms.
António Martins, 01 Oct 2007
It is a typical portuguese communal flag, divided
quarterly blue and yellow, the communal coat of arms centered over all.
António Martins, 30 Jun 2005
A delightful flag! We’ve seen countless
coats of arms on flags, of course;
now we see a flag on a coat of arms on a flag.
Lewis A. Nowitz, 30 Jun 2005
These are argent three flags dressed azure and staffed sable set
in fess in point a bunch of grapes fruited or and leaved vert in
chief a goshawk gules displayed holding an
escutcheon azure charged with five plates (a
quina). Mural crown argent
with three visible towers (village rank). White scroll reading in black
capitals "Bandeiras".
António Martins, 30 Jun 2005
The main charge is canting, of course, while the chief is the
usual azorean charge. The grapes probably stand
for the famous local wine (vinho do Pico).
António Martins, 30 Jun 2005
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Among a few places named after flags,
I came across today the town of Bandeiras in the Azores.
James Dignan, 30 Jun 2005
"Bandeiras" does mean "flags"
in Portuguese. I cannot say how it got that name.
Jorge Candeias, 30 Jun 2005
It is a village (not a
town), the seat of one of the six communes of
Madalena Municipality in Pico
Island, Azores.
António Martins, 30 Jun 2005
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