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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Fontelo commune flag]](../images/p/pt-ammfn.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 21 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Dec 2024
![[Fontelo commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-ammfn).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 21 Dec 2024
Shield Gules an hound sejant Or collared Vert, flanked by two chalices Argent, and holding in its mouth a torch Argent alight Or, in chief a Maltese cross Argent and on a base wavy Argent two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FONTELO - ARMAMAR".
Meaning:
The base wavy is a representation of the Douro River. The hound is an attribute of St. Domingo, the local patron saint. The chalices stand for the production of fine port wine in the area. The Maltese cross is referring to a donation to the order of Malta and the foundation of a commandery of the order, granted by King Dom Sancho I (1185 - 1211), born 1154.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Dec 2024 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 October 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Dec 2024
Fontelo was upgraded to town rank in 1999, three years after the coat of arms with 4 visible towers was created, which seems fishy. It is one of the ten communes of Armamar Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 602 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 7,52 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Dec 2024
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