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![[Podence e Santa Combinha united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mcdps.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a man passant, dressed and masked of Gules, Vert and Or with baton Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE PODENCE E SANTA COMBINHA"".
Meaning:
The base wavy is a representation of the Azibo water reservoir. The Shrovetide mask of the man is described below.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 January 2021
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025
Podence e Santa Combinha is one of the six communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 258 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 19,46 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 May 2025
![[Podence commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mcdps-pd.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016
The shield is Argent, parted by a pall Azure, charged with 12 waves Argent, in fork extended to a heraldic fountain, flanked by two twigs of chestnut Vert fructed Or, the nuts slit Gules, in chief a local Shrovetide mask Or garnished Gules and Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case letters "PODENCE"
Meaning:
The conjoined pall and heraldic fountain stand for the Azibo Reservoir, where this commune is located. The Shrovetide mask (Port.: careto) stands for the local tradition of merrymaking, stemming from pre-Christian rites of coming-of-age — see examples of this mask type here, here and here. See also this emblem of a local Shrovetide Committee with obvious influence of local heraldry: here
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 September 2007
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016
Podence was one of the 14 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 250 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 14,3 km².
See also:Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 Apr 2016
![[Santa Combinha commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mcdps-sc.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016
![[Santa Combinha commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mcdps-sc).gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 17 Apr 2016
The shield is Gules, a crozier Or in pale, surmounted by an open book Argent emphasized Sable over a billet Argent pierced by six round holes, on base wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SANTA COMBINHA".
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 1 March 2012
Source: Diário da República
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Apr 2016
Santa Combinha was one of the 14 communes of Macedo de Cavaleiros Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 56 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,9 km².
See also:
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