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The flag is quartered white over black and the coat of arms is gueles,
a castle tower argent above a counter pale wavy azure fimbriated argent,
chief or a casserole (!) sable, between two templar
crosses: dexter the “round” one, usual in Portugal, and sinister,
the older one, similar to Malta’s. The scroll is unusal for it reads in
two lines instead of one: "SARTAGO STERNIT SARTAGINE HOSTES
/ VILA DA SERTÃ". The first line is latin and means «Sertã defeats
its enemies with a casserole». This thing about casseroles is that
"sertã" is a bit archaic word in portuguese for precisely casserole.
This is “canting arms”!…
António Martins, 27 Oct 1998
A rural municipality, with 17 560 inhabitants in 14 communes covering
444 km2. It is located on the current Castelo
Branco District, future region of Beira Interior,
old province of Beira Baixa
António Martins, 27 Oct 1998