Olho Marinho Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Olho Marinho, Concelho de Óbidos, Distrito de Leiria

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• About the flag
• Presentation of Olho Marinho

• Óbidos Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin,

The arms are Argent a fallow deer passant Or between three heraldic fountains set two and one and between two sable two upwards pointing crescents Gules in chief an inescutcheon Azure fimbriated Argent 14 plates set 4:3:4:3. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OLHO MARINHO - ÓBIDOS".
Meaning:
"Olho Marinho" means "sea eye" (from "olho da água", "water eye", here meaning a water spring), based on the people's belief that the local spring connects to the sea (yet is not salty). The heraldic fountains refer to this (canting). I have no idea about the fallow deer. The inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms, as happens with Olho Marinho and Vau communes (q.v.)
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 September 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Presentation of Olho Marinho

Olho Marinho Commune is one of the seven communes of Óbidos Municipality (q.v.); it had 1258 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 18,32 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010

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