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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Rio de Loba commune flag]](../images/p/pt-visrl.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Sep 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, 14 Sep 2024
![[Rio de Loba commune banner]](../images/p/pt-visrl_.gif)
1:1, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2024
The banner has the same pattern as the flag but it is a square, having silver and red fringes, tassels and cord. The colours are fairly unusual.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Sep 2024
Shield Or a she-wolf passant Sable, armed and tongued Gules, flanked on base by a fess wavy Azure, charged with a bar wavy Argent, and on chief by a patriarchal cross Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "RIO DE LOBA".
Meaning:
She-wolf (Portuguese: loba) and the blue fess wavy, representing the name giving river (Portuguese: rio), are canting elements. The cross is reminding on the bishops Dom Bartolomeu and Dom Gil and their capitulars Paio Fernandes and João Garcia.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Sep 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 30 June 1994
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Sep 2024
Rio de Loba is one of the 18 communes of Viseu Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 9009 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 15,74 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Sep 2024
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