Last modified: 2020-04-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ovar(freguesia) | sao joao(ovar) | arada | sao vicente de pereira jusa | boat | mask | spoon | egg | st.john baptist | lamb | labarum | cogwheel | corn(cob) | cross(moline) | bishop | globe | pear(tree) | raven | lozenge |
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![[Ovar commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ovrov-or.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Shield Azure with base wavy of Argent and Azure, crowned by a local boat Gules garnished Or and Sable in chief two spoons Argent crossed per saltire and flanked by two comedy masks from the theatre (Or tied Argent at dexter and Argent tied Or at sinister), between the spoons' heads an egg Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "". "FREGUESIA DE OVAR".
Source: blogspot.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Symbols presented to the public by the commune on 1 December 2010
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Ovar Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ovar Municipality (q.v.); it had 17 855 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 49.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
![[São João commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ovrov-sj.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: blogspot.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
![[São João commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ovrov-sj1.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 30 Aug 2015
According to Sérgio Horta it was a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Shield Azure, St. John the Baptist proper, dressed in furs, holding a labarum with (white flag divided by red Latin cross in his left hand and a scallop Or in his right hand; at his feet a lamb couchant Argent, in sinister base a corn cob Or leaved of the same, in dexter chief a cogwheel Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "SÃO JOÃO - OVAR".
Meaning:
St. John the Baptist is the local patron saint and name giver of the commune. We here have one of the rare examples, where he is depicted as himself and not only by his attributes or symbols, which he here keeps with him, a lamb and a labarum, both together are usually replacing the saint as a so called "Paschal Lamb". The cogwheel is symbolizing industries and the cob agriculture.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Old flag and arms published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 1995. The quartered flag was in use not before December 2010.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
São João Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ovar Municipality (q.v.); it had 6276 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
![[Arada commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ovrov-ar.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and green.
Source: blogspot.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Shield Argent (realized as light grey) with base Marron, over all a rounded cross Moline Vert, flanked by a bishop's bust Proper with mitre and crozier at dexter chief, three crossed reed stalks Vert fruited Marron at sinister chief, a corn cob Marron leaved of the same at dexter base and a globe Azure with continents Argent at sinister base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ARADA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Arada Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ovar Municipality (q.v.); it had 3318 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
![[São Vicente de Pereira Jusã commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ovrov-sv.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of dark blue and white.
Source: blogspot.com
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
Shield Argent, five lozenges Azure ordered per fess between a raven statant Sable in chief and a pear tree eradicated Vert fruited Or in base. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "S. VICENTE DE PEREIRA JUSÃ".
Meaning:
The pear tree (Port.: pereira) is a canting element.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
São Vicente de Pereira Jusã Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Ovar Municipality (q.v.); it had 2316 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 Aug 2015
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