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Last modified: 2017-03-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: figueira de castelo rodrigo(freguesia) | fig(leaf) | stork(vigilant) | bird's nest |
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2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2017
Shield Vert, issuant from a bird's nest Or in base a stork vigilant Argent armed Or, in chief two fig leaves Or set in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FREGUESIA DE FIGUEIRA DE CASTELO RODRIGO".
Meaning:
The fig leaves are canting elements, as "figueira" means "fig tree".
Sources: this webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 30 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2017
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Commune is one of the ten communes of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Municipality; it had 2211 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 27.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Mar 2017
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