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[[Literature]] : image send by [http://www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/index Sergio Horta]
[[Literature]] : image send by [http://www.fisicohomepage.hpg.ig.com.br/index Sergio Horta]


[[Category:Portugal]]
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[[Category:Santarém]]
[[Category:Santarém]]
[[Category:Granted 1960]]
[[Category:Granted 1960]]

Revision as of 09:56, 11 September 2011

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TOMAR

District : Santarém

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Official blazon:
Escudo de ouro com uma torre torreada de negro, aberta e iluminada de prata, acompanhada em chefe da cruz dos Templários, e da Cruz de Cristo e a mesma torre assente num monte de verde cortado por um rio ondeado de prata aguado de azul. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro : " TOMAR ".*

Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on June 20, 1960.

The arms show the (huge) local castle built by the Knights Templar, and which is situated on a large hill. The crosses are the symbols of the knights.

Freguesias in Tomar :

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta