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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Valdosende commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tbrva.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 15 May 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2025
![[Valdosende commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbrva).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 15 May 2025
Shield Vert chaussé Or charged with a dragon rampant Vert, armed and langued Gules, pierced in throat by a crosslet Sable, over all on base wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visiable towers (village rank)and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VALDOSENDE"
Meaning:
The dragon is an attribute of St. Marinha, the local patron saint. The shield partition is a representation of the name giving valley. The base wavy is a representation of the dammed Cávado River.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2025 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 20 February 2003
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2025
Valdosende is one of the 11 communes of Terras de Bouro Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 550 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 10,96 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 May 2025
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