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![[Morais commune]](../images/p/pt-mcdmo.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
It is a slightly atypical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: heraldry page of the communal website
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
![[Morais commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-mcdmo).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta and António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
The shield is Argent and Sable per saltire and overall an eradicated mullberry tree Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MORAIS". The shape of the scroll is the one favoured by heraldrist José Bénard Guedes.
Meaning:
The arms (and thus the flag) are atypical, because it makes use of a shield partition, which is usually said to be against the legal prescription. "Morais", although usually the plural of "moral" (id. Engl.), in this case seems to refer to mullberries instead (Latin morus, Port.: amora), the arms being thus either canting or punning.
Sources: heraldry page of the communal website and this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 23 December 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
Morais Commune is one of the 30 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality; it had 644 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 52.8 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Apr 2016
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