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klaus-michael schneider
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2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 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, 7 Jan 2025
Shield Argent a fess wavy Azure, charged with two barrulets wavy Argent, on chief a cross fleury Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent, on base windmill´s wheel Gules tied Sable. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:
The wheel is representing the former Apelação Commune, the cross the former Camarate Commune and the fess wavy the former Unhos Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 20 October 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025
Camarate, Unhos e Apelação is one of the six communes of Loures Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 33 505 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 11,57 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Jan 2025
![[Camarate commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lrscu-cm.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 23 Apr 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Shield Argent, cross fleury Gules charged with a Greek cross Argent and accompanied in base by two grapevines Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CAMARATE".
Meaning:
The grapevines are symbolising the fertility of the soil and the economic importance of viticulture. They are furthermore a canting element, A "camarate" is a temporal storage of the grapes. The cross is referring to Dom Nuno Àlvares Pereira, the owner of the region, and taken from his family arms.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Drafts of flag and arms made by Eduardo Lourenço Brito. Published in Diário da República: III Série on 28 April 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Camarate was one of the 14 communes of Loures Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 19 789 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5,3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
![[Unhos commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lrscu-un.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Shield Vert, two fish Argent addorsed, on chief the bust of a bull Or, on base a well Argent masoned black with bucket Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "UNHOS"
Meaning:
The golden bull is an attribute of St. Sylvester, the local patron saint. The two fish refer to the importance of fishing for the commune. The base shows a well, symbol for the many ancient Manuelian wells that can be found in the commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Drafts of flag and arms made by Eduardo Lourenço Brito. Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 June 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Unhos was one of the 14 communes of Loures Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 9507 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
![[Apelação commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-lrscu-ap.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 23 Apr 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Shield Azure, a windmill´s wheel Or, tied of the same and rigged Argent between two branches of olive Argent fruited Or, all ordered per fess, on chief a Marian crown Or with gemstones Vert, on base two open hands Argent in invocation. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white short scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, with inscription in black initials "APELAÇÃO".
Meaning:
The mural crown is representing Our Lady of Incarnation, the local patron saint. The olive branches are symbolising the rural character and the economic base of the commune. The millwheel is symbolising the cultural heritage of the commune. The hands in invocation (Port: apelação) are a canting element.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Information kindly given to Sérgio Horta by Eduardo Lourenço Brito. Published in Diário da República: III Série on 14 January 2004
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
![[Apelação commune (old CoA)]](../images/p/pt-lrscu-ap!.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Shield Sable, three olive trees eradicated Argent leafed Vert ordered per fess, chief Azure charged at dexter with a windmill Argent with a millwheel Sable rigged Argent and at sinister with an aeroplane Argent, on base two open hands Argent in invocation. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, with inscription in black initials: "APELAÇÃO".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
Apelação was one of the 14 communes of Loures Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 5647 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,42 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Apr 2015
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