Last modified: 2006-02-05 by antonio martins
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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background quarterly (meaning town
rank) of red and white. The coat of arms is per fess or and vert: on
the top, two fesses tenne, over all and issuant three towers argent masoned
sable, windows tenne, the central tower higher, with a door of the same and
with a second floor (above the crenels) extending upwards, between each
tower a wall or, uncrenelled and unmasoned; on the bottom, three wavy
fesses argent. Mural crown argent with four visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "VILA DE SINES".
António Martins, 03 Aug 1999
The coat of arms is quite unusual in its details and is probably incorrect. André’s image is quite accurate compared with the usual recent depictions of these arms (although the orange / tenne color is usually much more darker), but some details make me think that someone once drwan an incorrect version which simply widespreaded uncritiqued:
Sines municipality had 12 450 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 2 communes, covering 199 km2. It belongs to the
Setúbal District and to the old province of
Baixo Alentejo.
António Martins, 03 Aug 1999