Monção

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Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de verde, com uma torre de prata aberta e iluminada de vermelho, encimada por uma figura de mulher nascente, de carnação, vestida de ouro realçada de negro e com os braços, abertos e levantados em direcção aos cantões do chefe, suportando nas mãos dois pães de ouro realçados de negro. Em contra-chefe, a torre assenta sobre faixa ondada de azul filetada de prata, bordadura de prata com a legenda de negro em elzevir maiúsculas " DEUS O DEU DEUS O HÁ DADO ". Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco com a legenda de negro : " MONÇÃO ".
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 24, 1972.

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The arms in 1860
The arms in 1863

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta

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