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![[Avelãs da Ribeira commune flag]](../images/p/pt-grdas.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2024
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base wavy a bridge Sable masoned Argent with two arches, on chief three hazelnut twigs Vert fruited Gules ordered 2:1. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "AVELÃS DA RIBEIRA".
Meaning:
The twigs of hazelnut (Portuguese: aveleiras) are canting as well as the base wavy, representing a nameless creek (Portuguese: ribeira). The bridge is the ancient local bridge crossing the creek, image see here
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 9 November 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2024
Avelãs da Ribeira is one of the 34 communes of Guarda Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 142 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 11,30 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Sep 2024
back to Guarda Communes click here
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