Benafim

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Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de ouro, monte de três cômoros de verde, firmado, encimado à dextra por uma cabeça de mouro de carnação, com barba e cabelos de negro, fotada de prata e verde e, à sinistra, por um ramo de alfarrobeira e um de amendoeira, passados em aspa e atados por torçal vermelho; em chefe, uma estrela de vermelho encimada por coroa antiga, do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro: “ BENAFIM “.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 28, 1997.

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The arms on a textile patch

Literature: image send by Sergio Horta

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