Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2026-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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União das Freguesias de Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela, Concelho de Almeida, Distrito da Guarda

• Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela United Commune
• Former Castelo Mendo Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Castelo Mendo
• Former Ade Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Ade
• Former Monte Perobolço Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Monte Perobolço
• Former Mesquitela Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Mesquitela

• Almeida Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela United Commune

The commune has not yet proper symbols
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 July 2026

Former Castelo Mendo Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of black and white.
Source: Almeida municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base a craggy mountain Vert, crowned by a castle Sable with port and windows Argent and masoned Argent, in chief a verraco, a boar's sculpture, Azure (more details see here). Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "CASTELO MENDO".
Sources: Almeida municipal webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 July 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Presentation of Castelo Mendo

Castelo Mendo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 87 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 21.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Former Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: this image
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Coat of Arms

Shield Azure; a belfry´s top Argent with two bells Or, having bobbins Gules, flanked by two grapvines Or leafed Argent, issuant from base a mount Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black capitals "ADE".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 November 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Presentation of Ade

Ade Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 73 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Former Monte Perobolço Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: this archived webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2026

Coat of Arms

Shield Or; issuant from base a mount Vert; a pair of rye sheaves Vert in fess, each one consisting of three ears, in chief a pair of candles Gules crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MONTE PEROBOLÇO"
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Proposed by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) on 3 December 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Presentation of Monte Perobolço

Monte Perobolço Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 61 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 87,97 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

Former Mesquitela Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 July 2009

Coat of Arms

The arms are Argent, a minaret Purpure with port and windows Or flanked by two arrows Sable, inbase wavy Argent a barrulet wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "MESQUITELA - ALMEIDA".
Meaning:
"mesquitela" is a(n unusal) diminutive of "mesquita", "mosque", which makes these arms partly canting.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 July 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 4 March 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 July 2009

Presentation of Mesquitela

Mesquitela Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Almeida Municipality; it had 45 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 May 2018

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