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Manhouce Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Manhouce, Concelho de São Pedro do Sul, Distrito de Viseu

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 5 Apr 2025

Manhouce Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Manhouce

See also:

Manhouce Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Apr 2025

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 5 Apr 2025

Shield Vert a guitar Or garnished Sable and Gules in fess, in chief a raised granary Argent, issuant from the flanches and from base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet Azure, a hump bridge Argent masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MANHOUCE"
Meaning:
The guitar in the arms stands for the local traditional folk dance and music ensemble Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Manhouce, which has met worldwide fame. For further information about this teardrop-shaped type of guitar click: English WIKIPEDIA. It is blazoned as garnished Sable alone (Portuguese: "realçada de negro") but shown in all images to be garnished also Gules.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Apr 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 26 December 2011, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Apr 2025

Presentation of Manhouce

Manhouce is one of the ten communes of São Pedro do Sul Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 466 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 40,53 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 5 Apr 2025

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