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Last modified: 2015-12-17 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barroselas | carvoeiro(viana do castelo) | bar(wavy) | keys(crossed) | lyre | fess(masoned) | base(wavy) | cross(benedictine) |
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![[Barroselas commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vctbc-bs.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
Shield Azure a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief a pair of keys crossed per saltire, the bendy one Or and the sinister bendy one Argent, in base a lyre Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "BARROSELAS".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Freguesias de Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
Barroselas Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Viana do Castelo Municipality (q.v.); it had 3927 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
![[Carvoeiro (Viana do Castelo) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vctbc-cv.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Dec 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a fess Argent masoned Sable, in central chief a disc Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "CARVOEIRO - VIANA DO CASTELO".
Meaning:
Disc and cross are displaying the emblem of the Benedictine Order.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
Carvoeiro Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Viana do Castelo Municipality (q.v.); it had 1104 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 11.9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Dec 2015
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