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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background gyronny (meaning city
rank) of white and green. The arms are or, the Virgin Mary holding
Jesus propper, both crowned or (no nimbus), above a wreath of olive bounded
argent, and between two escuteons in chief, azure, eleven bezants argent
placed 3+2+3+2+1 (“quina”
— the eschuteons are like those found on the poruguese royal arms of
1185-1211, a period during which, Guimarães
Castle was the usual residence of the Kings of Portugal). Mural crown
argent with five visible towers (city rank)
and white scroll reading in black upper case letters
"CIDADE DE GUIMARÃES".
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
Guimarães municipality had 160 710 inhabitants in 1990,
and it is divided in 73 communes, covering
258 km2. It
belongs to the District of Braga and to
the old province of Minho.
António Martins, 31 Jul 1999
Guimaraes was our first capital city back in the XII century, when
Lisbon was still under arab rule. I think its
downtown is protected by the UNESCO. The
football team has seen better days, though.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jan 1999