This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Prado e Remoães United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: prado(melgaco) | remoaes | grill | biface | bowl(ceramic) | bridge | paschal lamb | grapevine |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors


União das Freguesias de Prado e Remoães, Concelho de Melgaço, Distrito de Viana do Castelo

See also:

Former Prado commune (until 2013)

[Prado(Melgaço) commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 28 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Vert a grill Or between two bifaces Argent in chief and two ceramic bowls Argent in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "PRADO - MELGAÇO".
Meaning:
The grill is an attribute of St. Lawrence, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes, published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 July 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Presentation of Prado

Prado Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 452 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Former Remoães commune (until 2013)

[Remoães commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Gules with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a bridge Argent masoned Sable, in central chief a Paschal Lamb couchant Argent flanked beneath by two grapevines Or leaved Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials "REMOĆES".
Source: Freguesias de Portugal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes, approved on 1 October 2004 by Comissão de Heráldica da Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses (CHAAP) and adopted by the local assembly on 5 May 2006
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

Presentation of Remoães

Remoães Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Melgaço Municipality (q.v.); it had 98 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 July 2015

back to Melgaço Communes click here