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![[Moreira do Castelo commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cbtmc.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 24 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2025
![[Moreira do Castelo commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-cbtmc).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 24 Feb 2025
Shield Or a castle Azure with port and windows Argent and masoned Argent, in base a mulberry tree eradicated Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MOREIRA DO CASTELO - CELORICO DE BASTO".
Meaning:
The phrase "" means literally "mulberry tree of the castle", the arms being therefore fully canting. Even though this toponym is unique among Portuguese settlements, the scroll text was burdened with the name of the encompassing municipality, something usually done only for disambiguation.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 June 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2025
Moreira do Castelo is one of the ten communes of Celorico de Basto Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 584 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 6,14 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 24 Feb 2025
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