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Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Tomar (São João Baptista) e Santa Maria dos Olivais, Concelho de Tomar, Distrito de Santarém


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Former São João Baptista commune (until 2013)

[São João Baptista (Tomar) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by i>Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Sérgio Horta, 23 Oct 2001

Coat of arms

[São João Baptista (Tomar) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

Gules field, argent Paschal Lamb; argent chief, charged with a gules cross patty (cross patty) and a gules cross voided argent . Argent 3 towers mural crown (village rank). White scroll reading in black upper case letters "S. JOÃO BAPTISTA - TOMAR".
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is representing St. John the Baptist. The crosses allude to the Order of The Templars and the Order of Christ Knights.
Sérgio Horta, 23 Oct 2001

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 January 1994
Sérgio Horta, 23 Oct 2001


Presentation of São João Baptista

São João Baptista Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 5593 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 13.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2014


Former commune (until 2013)

[Santa Maria dos Olivais commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 15 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a three level tower Gules with port and windows Argent flanked by a Templars' cross in dexter chief and a Christ Knights Order's cross in sinister chief, in base two embowed olive branches Vert fruited Sable crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "SANTA MARIA DOS OLIVAIS - TOMAR".
Meaning:
The branches are probably an attribute of St. Mary of the Olives, the local patron saint. The crosses are alluding to their appropriate knight orders.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 October 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015


Presentation of Santa Maria dos Olivais

Santa Maria dos Olivais Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 12 616 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17.2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 July 2015


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