Last modified: 2001-09-14 by antonio martins
Keywords: porto de mós | coat of arms | tree: on tower | castle (white) | stars: 2 (6 points) | star: 6 points (white) | millstone | birds: 2 | leaf: plane | leaves: 3 | canting |
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![[Porto de Mós municipality]](../images/p/pt-pms.gif)
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background quarterly (meaning town
rank) of white and red. The coat of arms is gules, a castle or masoned
sable, door and windows sable, with a tree vert on each of the lateral towers,
flanked by two eight pointed stars argent, and between two millstones argent,
each perched of a bird of the same, in point three plane leaves or lined sable.
Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town
rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters
"VILA DE PORTO DE MÓS".
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
"Porto de Mós" means "Millstone Harbour", so these arms show partial
canting.
António Martins, 29 Aug 2001
Porto de Mós municipality had 23 680 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 13 communes, covering 260 km2. It belongs to the
Leiria District and to the traditional province of
Estremadura.
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
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