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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mfreg.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and green.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2025
Shield Vert, a mitre Or with scarves of the same and a crescent recumbent Argent under a royal coronet Or with gemstones Gules ordered per fess, on orle a rosary Or. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ENXARA DO BISPO, GRADIL E VILA FRANCA DO ROSÁRIO".
Meaning:
All charges are representations of the pre-2013 communes, the rosary stands for Vila Franca do Rosário, the mitre for Enxara do Bispo and coronet and crescent for Gradil.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 30 May 2016
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2025
Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário is one of the five communes of Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 3979 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 31,65 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Apr 2025
![[Enxara do Bispo commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mfreg-ex.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Shield Azure, a mitre Or charged with a throughout cross Gules a having scarves Or, flanked by two wheat ears Or, in central chief an 8-point star Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ENXARA DO BISPO".
Meaning:
The wheat ears are reminding on a pilgrimage from the Socorro Mountains dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows, which takes places on 5th August, where a great number of devotees is keeping its promisses by gifts of wheat. The 8-point star is an attribute of Our Lady of Assumption, the local patron saint. The mitre is alluding to the commune´s suffix "of the bishop".
Source: Information given to Sérgio Horta by Eduardo Lourenço Brito
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 November 1997, draft of flag and arms made by Eduardo Lourenço Brito
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Enxara do Bispo was one of the 11 communes of Mafra Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1740 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18,1 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
![[Gradil commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mfreg-gr.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and red.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Shield Gules fretty Argent, a royal coronet Or gemmed Gules and Vert, beneath a crescent recumbent Argent. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "GRADIL - MAFRA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 November 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Gradil was one of the 11 communes of Mafra Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1226 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
![[Vila Franca do Rosário commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-mfreg-vf.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 28 June 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Shield Argent, a windmill´s wheel Sable rigged Gules surrounded by a rosary Azure placed in orle. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VILA FRANCA DO ROSÁRIO".
Meaning:
The rosary is a canting element. The wheel is alluding to the commune´s windmills.
Source: Information given to Sérgio Horta by Eduardo Lourenço Brito
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Eduardo Lourenço Brito, approved by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses, (CHAAP) on 30 September 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
Vila Franca do Rosário was one of the 11 communes of Mafra Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 871 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2015
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