Tavira Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2006-02-05 by antonio martins
Keywords: tavira | coat of arms | castle (red) | bridge: 7 arches | head: moor | head: king | cross: saint james (red) | ship: sail | waves: 9 |
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• About the flag
• Presentation of Tavira

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

About the flag

On a silver field 2 red towers connected by a 7 arches bridge over them a Christian king head, a red Santiago order cross and a Muslim king head below the arches 5 waves the first 2 blue and the other green, standing on the last wave a black and gold boat with 3 silver sails. 5 silver towers mural crown, white scroll with the lettering "CIDADE DE TAVIRA". Flag gyrony black over white.
Sérgio Horta, 04 Jan 2000

Presentation of Tavira

This is a city that belongs to Faro district has a 589 km² area, 9 freguesias (communes) and about 24 000 inhabitants.
Sérgio Horta, 04 Jan 2000