White and red quarters with three towers on islets in the coat of arms: the flag of Caminha, at the mouth of the Miño, is from 2003.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
It is a rectangular field divided into four quarters, that is, four equal rectangles, in white and red, with the coat of arms of the town in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
Every date in its story, at a glance.
The town is thought to have been resettled in 1265, under Afonso III
But its flag and coat of arms were not published until 28 May 2003
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Caminha has four quarters, white and red, and in the centre a coat of arms with three towers on islets. Caminha is where the River Miño reaches the Atlantic, facing Galicia (flag of Galicia) on the other side of the river. It is one of the latest Portuguese flags to be approved.
The town is thought to have been resettled in 1265, under Afonso III. But its flag and coat of arms were not published until 28 May 2003, in the Diário da República. It is a very late date: other similar towns got theirs in the thirties. A specialist from Flags of the World thinks that a disagreement between the town council and the heraldic authority may have delayed it.
No earlier flag is documented. Before 2003 drawings of a similar coat of arms could be seen, but different in detail.
I did not find the official explanation of the figures.
White and red in quarters
the ground of the towns.
Three towers on black islets
the middle one is taller, with a roof, a clock and a carved shield.
Wavy blue stripe
below, over white waves, the water.
Mural crown of four towers
the scroll reads «CAMINHA».
Flags of its category were approved around 1930. Caminha’s came more than seventy years later.
It comes from the Latin Caput Minii, “head of the Miño”, for its position at the mouth of the river.
In 1619 Philip II granted Miguel Luís de Meneses the title of first Duke of Caminha.
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Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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