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![[Curral das Freiras commune]](../images/p/pt-cmlcf.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Nov 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2010
![[Curral das Freiras commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cmlcf).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Nov 2010
The arms are Or a cloth Gules fixed by a staff Azure, in chief a chestnut Proper between two bees Azure, in base a valley Vertcharged with a pale wavy Azure fimbriated Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CURRAL DAS FREIRAS - CÂMARA DE LOBOS".
Meaning:
"Curral" in Portuguese means "corral", an open air enclosure for cattle, but in this use it refers to an enclosed valley. The arms are thus partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 7 Febgruary 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2010
Curral das Freiras Commune is one of the five communes of Câmara de Lobos Municipality (q.v.); it had 1673 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 25,07 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2010
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