Last modified: 2017-04-15 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: maceira(fornos de algodres) | anvil | windmill(wheel) | apple(branch) | clay pot |
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![[Maceira (Fornos de Algodres) commune quartered flag]](../images/p/pt-fagmc4.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white blue.
Source: Fornos de Algodres municipal webpage (text)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
![[Maceira (Fornos de Algodres) commune plain flag]](../images/p/pt-fagmc1.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Fornos de Algodres municipal webpage (photo)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
Shield Argent, an anvil Sable garnished Or at dexter, a clay pot Sable garnished Or having two bails, in chief a windmill's wheel sable rigged Azure, in base a branch of apple tree Vert with one apple Gules. Mural crown Argent with three (both flags!) visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MACEIRA - FORNOS DE ALGODRES".
Meaning:
The apple is a canting element.
Source: Ralf Hartemink's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 January 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
Maceira Commune is one of the 12 communes of Fornos de Algodres Municipality; it had 229 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 8.1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2017
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