Olhão (city)

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Official blazon
Portuguese	(1928) Escudo de verde, com um leão rompante de ouro quebrando umas algemas de negro; Em chefe, um " O " de ouro, acompanhado por duas cabeças, uma de carnação branca, coroada de ouro e outra de carnação negra, com um turbante de prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel vermelho com os dizeres : " VILA DE OLHÃO DA RESTAURAÇÃO ", em letras de branco. (1945) Escudo de verde, com um barco de ouro, mastreado e encordoado de negro, vestido de duas velas latinas de prata, realçado de negro e assente em duas faixas ondadas de prata; no chefe um leão de ouro quebrando algemas de negro. Coroa mural de prata de cinco* torres. Listel branco com os dizeres : " VILA DE OLHÃO DA RESTAURAÇÃO ", em letras de negro. (1985) Escudo de verde, com um barco de ouro, mastreado e encordoado de negro, vestido de duas velas latinas de prata, realçado de negro e assente em duas faixas ondadas de prata; no chefe um leão de ouro quebrando algemas de negro. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco com os dizeres : " CIDADE DE OLHÃO DA RESTAURAÇÃO ", em letras de negro.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 19, 1928 and new arms on July 11, 1945, which were confirmed on August 14, 1985.

Both the old arms (see below) as the new arms refer to the uprising in 1808 in Olhão against the French occupation troops. It resulted in the expulsion of the French from the Algarve region. The villages then sent a boat to the King of Portugal, then in exile in Brasil. This is shown in the current arms: the lion with broken chain refers to the uprising, the boat to the message to the King.

The old arms also showed the lion, as well as the letter O. This is taken from the medal awarded to the city by King John VI. Th elette rO is obviously also the town's initial. The two heads in the old arms are the old arms of the Algarve region.

Freguesias in Olhão :

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta

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