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Last modified: 2014-10-25 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: rio de moinhos(borba) | fess(wavy) | cross(santiago) | millstones(3) |
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![[Rio de Moinhos commune]](../images/p/pt-brbrm.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Nov 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014
![[Rio de Moinhos commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-brbrm).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014
The arms are Argent divided by a fess Azure wavy, in central chief a cross Gules fleury fitchy flanked by two millstones Sable, in base another millstone Sable. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "RIO DE MOINHOS - BORBA" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
The fess wavy and the millstones are canting elements, because the name of the village means "river of (water)mills". (The strange thing is that there is no river, not even a creek on the nowadays territory of Rio de Moinhos.). The cross, a St. James sword-cross, is alluding to the Order of santiago.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014
Flag and arms were adopted and published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 January 1995
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014
Rio de Moinhos is one of the 4 communes of Borba Municipality. It had 2056 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 52,86 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Nov 2010 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Oct 2014
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