Forte da Casa

	FORTE DA CASA Country: Portugal District: Lisboa Municipality: Vila Franca de Xira Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":38.872579999999999245119397528469562530517578125,"lon":-9.059689999999999798774297232739627361297607421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de ouro, pano de muralha “ Vauban “, com uma guarita nos flancos, de vermelho, lavrado e aberto de negro, encimado por um ramo de oliveira de verde, frutado de negro; campanha de azul e prata. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro: “ VILA DO FORTE DA CASA “.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 25, 1997.

The fortress in the arms is a canting element, Forte meaning fortress. Historically there were 5 small fortresses in the area to protect the city of Lisbon.

Above the fortress is shown an olive branch, as there are many olive trees grown in the area.

The river in the base is the Tejo river.

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta

Portugal heraldry portal

This page is part of the Portugal heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry: National arms of Portugal Arms of cities and towns Literature Total pages in the Portugal section : 11,202 of which images : 6,414	Other heraldry: Ecclesiastical heraldry Military heraldry Educational heraldry Institutional heraldry Corporate heraldry Heraldic postcards Heraldic stamps Personal arms

Contact and Support

Partners:

Your logo here ?
Contact us

Forte da Casa

Origin/meaning

Portugal heraldry portal

Contact and Support

Navigation menu

Search