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This is a rare example of an edifice built in order to fulfil the same function
it is fulfilling at present, the present City Hall building is the third
version of the Paços do Concelho of Angra. A coat of arms of the city
carved in stone, belonging to the first edifice, is kept at the entrance hall.
At the top of the staircase there is a triple, stained-glass window with the
Portuguese flag, the emblems of the city and the first emblem of the Third
Order – The Cross of Christ. The bust of Infante D. Henrique was made by
Numídico Bessone. In the Salão Nobre, the portraits of several monarchs and
Presidents of the City Hall, as well as a bust of D. Pedro IV, are exhibited.
There are also several symbols of the City Hall: The Keys of the City, the
necklace of the Orden da Torre e Espada (Order of the Tower and of the
Sword), the Carta Régia (Royal Charter), the Varas (Rods) and the
first Bandeira Lusitana (Lusitanian Flag) hoisted after the Liberal
Fights.
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