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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Lustosa e Barrosas (Santo Estevão) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-lsdlb.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Shield Gules, issuant from base a mount Or, topped by an embattled wall Argent masoned Gules with port of the same, on chief a wine branch Argent in fess leafed of the same and fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE LUSTOSA E BARROSAS (SANTO ESTÊVÃO)".
Meaning:
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 October 2015,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Lustosa e Barrosas (Santo Estevão) is one of the seven communes of Lousada Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 5815 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 15,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
![[Santo Estevão de Barrosas commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lsdlb-ba.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Shield Argent six stones Gules in bend sinister, on dexter chief a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert, on sinister base a cogwheel Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "BARROSAS - SANTO ESTÊVÃO".
Meaning:
The stones are attributes of St. Stephen, local patron saint and name giver of the commune. The grape bunch is symbolising viticulture and the cogwheel industries.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 October 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Santo Estevão de Barrosas was one of the 15 communes of Lousada Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1097 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,70 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
![[Lustosa commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lsdlb-lu.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Shield Gules an embattled fess Argent, flanked on chief by a scallop Or and on base by two heraldic fountains in fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "LUSTOSA - LOUSADA".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of St. James the Elder, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 17 April 2002,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
Lustosa was one of the 15 communes of Lousada Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 4792 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 10,38 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Oct 2024
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