Last modified: 2009-09-12 by antónio martins
Keywords: galhardete | konsedju |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
Cape Verde seems to be following basically portuguese
practice in municipal flags with a few changes: a style of municipal
emblem that sets it apart from european heraldry (and good for them, because
the emblems they are using are quite attractive, unlike most portuguese coats
of arms), and the possibility of having different backgrounds in the
banner and the flag.
Jorge Candeias, 10 Mar 2007
This
photo a national teacher’s meeting is held in the
Mosteiros town hall, in a room decorated with small
hanging triangular flags in different colors and each showing a (different)
logo. Cape Verde is divided in 22 municipalities — could these flags
be of them?
António Martins, 05 Apr 2006
On this
online photo of the Mosteiros town hall two of
the three flag poles erected are bare, only the national flag being
hoisted.
António Martins, 05 Apr 2006
All emblems known to us share some features: All are round, depicting non
heraldic elements inside a disc, have a scroll with the name of the
municipality in varying colors below the disc, are surrounded on the upper
part of the disc by 10 yellow five-pointed upright regular stars, and, on a
apical gap of the said said arc of stars, include a chain with a varying
number of links. The links and the stars (standing for the islands) are also
present in the national emblem.
António Martins, 07 Sep 2009
The flag shape galhardete is
used in small rigid hanging form. It is known to be shaped as a square or as
an irregular pentagon, with one (vertical) symmetry axis, proportioned as a
square with an right triangle extending from the bottom (edge line coordinates:
(1;1), (1;3), (3;3), (4;2) and (3;1), closed). This seems to be the shape of
capeverdean municipal galhardetes, differing from the respective flags
(bandeiras) also by that the former have quartered backgrounds and the
latter have them plain.
António Martins, 17 Sep 2007 and 07 Sep 2009
Some, not all, portuguese overseas municipalities recieved arms and
flag in the period 1940-1974, after all metropolitan
municipalities got one..
António Martins, 15 Jan 2003
Anything below this line was not added by the editor of this page.
