Vila Franca do Rosário

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VILA FRANCA DO ROSÁRIO

Municipality : Mafra
District : Lisboa

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Official blazon

Escudo de prata, armação de moinho de negro vestida de vermelho; em orla, rosário de azul. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: “ VILA FRANCA DO ROSÁRIO “.

Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on September 30, 1997.

The arms show a canting rosary and the upper part of a windmill, as a symbol of all the windmills in the municipality.

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta