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![[Moledo (Castro Daire) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cdrml.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Nov 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Nov 2025
![[Moledo (Castro Daire) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cdrml).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Jörg Majewski, 6 Nov 2025
Shield Or a fess Gules masoned Argent, on chief a 7-point star Azure, on base a barrel Sable with hoops Argent.
Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading
in black upper case serifed letters "MOLEDO - CASTRO DAIRE".
Meaning:
The blue star is an attribute of St. Mary, the local patron saint.
The barrel is symbolising agriculture, especially viticulture and the local coopers, a craft of making barrels.
The masoned fess is symbolising old age and peopling since times immemorial, becoming manifest by the existence of two local castles.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Nov 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 May 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Nov 2025
Moledo is one of the 11 communes of Castro Daire Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1049 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 46,99 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Nov 2025
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