Last modified: 2016-03-19 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Olho Marinho commune]](../images/p/pt-obdom.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Aug 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010
![[Olho Marinho commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-obdom).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Aug 2010
Shield Sable a fallow deer passant Or between three heraldic fountains set two and one, between two crescents recumbent Argent in chief an inescutcheon Azure fimbriated Argent 14 plates set 4:3:4:3. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "OLHO MARINHO - ÓBIDOS".
Meaning:
"Olho Marinho" means "sea eye" (from "olho da água", "water eye", here meaning a water spring), based on the people's belief that the local spring connects to the sea (yet is not salty). The heraldic fountains refer to this (canting). I have no idea about the fallow deer. The inescutcheon and crescents refer to the municipal arms, as happens with most communal arms of Óbidos municipality.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 September 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 20 Aug 2010
Olho Marinho Commune is one of the seven communes of Óbidos Municipality (q.v.); it had 1279 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 18.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
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