Silves Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2006-09-30 by antónio martins
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• About the flag
• Version without the coat of arms
• Presentation of Silves

• Communes of Silves
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• Page about the municipal flag and coat of arms of Silves at Sérgio Horta’s website (in Portuguese).
  reported by Jorge Candeias, 29 Feb 1999
• Page about Silves at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

On red, the municipal coat of arms. Argent, five eschuteons azure, each charged with eleven plates argent arranged 3+2+3+2+1, set in cross, cornered by two moor king’s heads (chief sinister and dexter point) and two christian king’s heads (chief dexter and sinister point), dressed or, beared sable and of argent complexion. Mural crown argent, with five towers (city rank) and white scroll with black letters reading "CIDADE DE SILVES" (Silves city). The arms combine the arms of the second to forth portuguese kings (1185-1245) and the traditional Algarvan symbol of the two king’s heads.
António Martins, 30 Nov 1998

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Silves

Silves is located in the Faro District, old province of Algarve, covering 679 km² in 8 communes with 33 130 inhabitants.
António Martins, 30 Nov 1998

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