Lajes do Pico (freguesia)

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Brasão de Lajes do Pico (freguesia)/Arms (crest) of Lajes do Pico (freguesia)
LAJES DO PICO

Country : Portugal
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Regio : Açores

Municipality : Lajes do Pico
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Official blazon
Portuguese Escudo de ouro, monte de verde saínte de uma campanha de cinco tiras ondadas de prata e verde, tendo brocante uma baleia de negro realçada de prata; em chefe, três bilhetas de negro, alinhadas em faixa. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: “ FREGUESIA DE LAJES DO PICO “.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 3, 2003.

The arms show the local volcano and a whale. The whale refers to the former importance of whaling in the Atlantic Ocean for the parish.

I have no information about the black squares.

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Literature : image send by Sergio Horta


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