Eight yellow and blue triangles with arms bearing the goddess Minerva: the flag of Vizela, a municipality of Braga reconstituted in 1998.
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 eight gores (triangles that all start at the centre), yellow and blue alternating, with the city arms 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 concejo (the municipality) of Vizela was created in 1361 and suppressed in 1408
It was a municipality in the Middle Ages, lost that status and recovered it in 1998
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of Vizela has eight triangles, yellow and blue, and in the centre arms bearing the Roman goddess Minerva. Vizela is a city of the district of Braga, in the north of Portugal. It was a municipality in the Middle Ages, lost that status and recovered it in 1998.
The concejo (the municipality) of Vizela was created in 1361 and suppressed in 1408. For centuries its neighbours asked to recover it, and they succeeded in 1998. At the same time, Vizela went from town to city. The flags were premiered during that year’s festivities. According to Flags of the World, neither the flag nor the arms have been officially approved: there is no date of adoption.
All these 1998 versions remained unapproved.
March 1998
Festivities flag: four yellow and blue triangles, with “Concelho de Vizela” and without arms.
1998
Eight triangles with the arms. The crown and the scroll varied: “Cidade”, “Vila” or “Concelho de Vizela”.
Since 1998
Mismo fondo, con corona de cinco torres y cinta «Vizela».
Eight yellow and blue triangles
the ground that in Portugal corresponds to a city (towns use four quarters).
Minerva
Roman goddess, holding the head of the Gorgon. I have not found why she was chosen.
Three-arched bridge
with the tiny text “Vizela Romana”.
Two blue shields with five bezants
like the quinas of the flag of Portugal.
Mural crown of five towers
the sign of a city.
For years the neighbours rejected the title of city without first recovering the municipality. Their motto was “Sem concelho não há cidade”.
In 1998 a golden crown of five towers was used, which in Portugal is reserved for Lisbon.
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Flag image: Varios autores (ver el historial del archivo), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 1.0.
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