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Candoso (São Tiago) e Mascotelos United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2016-06-30 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: santiago de candoso | mascotelos | grapevine | scallop | cogwheel | bull(head) | crozier | flail |
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União das Freguesias de Candoso (São Tiago) e Mascotelos, Concelho de Guimarães, Distrito de Viana do Castelo


See also:

Former Santiago de Candoso commune (until 2013)

[Santiago de Candoso commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Guimarães municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, two grapevines Purpure leaved Vert, in chief a scallop Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CANDOSO - SANTIAGO".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 April 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016


Presentation of Santiago de Candoso

Santiago de Candoso Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 2163 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016


Former Mascotelos commune (until 2013)

[Mascotelos commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain cinnabar field.
Source: Guimarães municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

Coat of arms

Shield Argent, a crozier and a flail in saltire, both Azure and fimbriated Or, in chief a cogwheel Cinnabar, in base a bull's head caboshed Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MASCOTELOS".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 September 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016


Presentation of Mascotelos

Mascotelos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Guimarães Municipality; it had 1631 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 June 2016


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