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Águas Livres Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Águas Livres, Concelho de Amadora, Distrito de Lisboa

Last modified: 2015-05-16 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: damaia | buraca(amadora) | pomegranate(tree) | windmill(wheel) | fountain(heraldic) | aqueduct |
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Former Damaia commune (until 2013)

[Damaia commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, a throughout aqueduct Or masoned black, in chief a pomegranate tree eradicated Argent with 11 pomegranates of the same slipped Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "DAMAIA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 October 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015


Presentation of Damaia

Damaia Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amadora Municipality (q.v.); it had 20 945 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015


Former Buraca commune (until 2013)

[Buraca commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 9 May 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert, two windmill wheels Sable rigged Argent ordered per fess, in base a heraldic fountain, in chief a pomegranate tree eradicated Argent with 11 pomegranates of the same slipped Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BURACA - AMADORA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 January 2000
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015


Presentation of Buraca

Buraca Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Amadora Municipality (q.v.); it had 16 081 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 May 2015


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