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![[Parada(Paredes de Coura) commune]](../images/p/pt-pcrpa.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
![[Parada(Paredes de Coura) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-pcrpa).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
Shield Gules, two trouts averted Argent over a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief two keys tied Azure crossed per saltire, one of them Argent, the other Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "PARADA - PAREDES DE COURA".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are attributes of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 25 June 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
Parada Commune is one of the 16 communes of the Paredes de Coura municipality (q.v.); it had 298 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 4.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2015
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