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klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vilar de macada | cross(maltese) | mace |
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![[Vilar de Maçada commune flag]](../images/p/pt-aljvm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 31 Mar 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2024
![[Vilar de Maçada commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-aljvm).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 1 Apr 2024
Shield Azure a Maltese cross Argent, two linden leaves Or and a mace Argent, all set per cross. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILAR DE MAÇADA"
Meaning:
The word "maçada" means "mace blow", so these arms ate partly canting or punning — I am not sure whether this toponym is derived from "maça" as in the historical weapon, or from an homonym; "vilar de" means just something like "hamlet of".
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 October 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2024
Vilar de Maçada was one of the ten communes of Alijó Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 816 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 20,19 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2024
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