Flag of Portugal

What the flag means

• 🟢Green — hope
• 🔴Red — the blood of those who died for the nation
• 🌐Armillary sphere — navigation in the Age of Discovery

Design set by: ⁨Constituição da República Portuguesa, art. 11.º; Decreto de 19 de junho de 1911 da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte⁩ · Adopted 1911

Highlights

• 🌊 Opened the Age of Discovery
• 🍷 The homeland of port wine
• 🏄 One of Europe's top surf coasts
• 🎶 Wistful fado music
• 🟦 Azulejo tile artistry

Quick facts

Region

Europe · Southern Europe

Population

10,804,871 people (2025)

Area

92,090 km²

Capital

Lisbon

Languages

Portuguese, English

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Organizations

United Nations, European Union, NATO, OECD

Neighboring countries

• Spain

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (2)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Arms of the Kingdom of Portugal

  Kingdom of Portugal · 1139–1910 · kingdom arms

  OriginThe five small blue shields with silver roundels inside them and the castles on the red border are long-standing core elements of the Portuguese royal arms. The readings that link the five shields to the five kings of the Battle of Ourique or to the five wounds of Christ are traditions handed down in later times, and the number and arrangement of the shields and castles varied from dynasty to dynasty.

  DescriptionA silver shield is placed in the middle of a red shield, with five small blue shields arranged on it in the shape of a cross, and each blue shield is marked with five silver roundels. Seven gold castles are ranged along the red border around the shield; above is a crown decorated with pearls and a red cap, on either side two green dragons grip the shield, and below hangs a gold chain with a red cross ornament.

  Source: Government of Portugal - National symbols · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Portugal 1640-1910 (3).svg · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eu El-Rei

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  The Cross of the Order of Aviz

  Kingdom of Portugal · 1146–present · knightly order emblem

  OriginThe Aviz cross, a green fleur-de-lis cross on a white field, is the emblem that identifies the order.

  DescriptionIt is a cross whose four arms end in split lily (fleur-de-lis) shapes, with inward-curling ornaments attached between the arms. The app image carries only the cross form as a single-colour silhouette, with no shield and no background.

  Source: GRAUS E INSÍGNIAS DA ORDEM MILITAR DE AVIS · Presidência da República Portuguesa — Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas · Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Cross avis.svg · Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Melian