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klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: alverca do ribatejo | sobralinho | bend(wavy) | crescent | cork oak | towers(2) | cogwheel | millstone |
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
![[Alverca do Ribatejo commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vfxas-ar.gif) 2:3, image by André Serranho, 16 Jun 2002 |
![[Alverca do Ribatejo commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vfxas-ar2.gif) 2:3,image by André Serranho and Sérgio Horta, 21 Apr 2015 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred centred on a background gyronny (city rank) of red and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
The shield is Argent, a bend wavy of the same fimbriated Azure between two crescents Gules pointing upwards. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters «CIDADE DE ALVERCA DO RIBATEJO» (left image) or simply «ALVERCA DO RIBATEJO» (right image).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 16 June 2002
Meaning:
The crescents are symbolising the former (Moorish) civilisation, the efforts of D. Afonso Henriques, who conquered the region bit by bit. The red colour is symbolising fire, war and victories. The blue bends are symbolising the many local water courses, the base of the commune´s wealth.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
![[Alverca do Ribatejo commune (1935- 1990)]](../images/p/pt-vfxas-ar4.gif)
2:3 image by André Serranho and Sérgio Horta, 21 Apr 2015
It was a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred centred on a background quartered of red and blue. The coat of arms was the same as the current one but had a mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: «VILA DE ALVERCA DO RIBATEJO».
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Affonso Dornellas. The former symbols had been published in Diário do Governo, I Série on 6 June 1935.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
Alverca do Ribatejo was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vila Franca de Xira Municipality (q.v.) and to the old province Ribatejo; it had 31 070 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 17.9 km². It gained the rank of a city on 9 August 1990.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
![[Sobralinho commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-vfxas-so.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
![[Sobralinho commune flag (reported 2001)]](../images/p/pt-vfxas-so1.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
The flag was quartered of blue and white with centred arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a cork oak eradicated Vert between two towers Gules in chief at either corner, a millstone Gules in dexter base and a cogwheel Gules in sinister base. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "SOBRALINHO".
Meaning:
The oak is alluding to the commune´s name, meaning "little cork oak" and is alluding to local woods of this kind of trees. The towers are reminding on the military forts and the defense lines of Torres Vedras in the Peninsular War. Some of them still exist. The cogwheel is symbolising industries as an important economic activity in the commune. The base wavy is representing river Tejo.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, above three barrulets, red over blue over alternating parts of white and blue, on centre a cork oak Vert trunked proper, flanked on chief by two towers Gules with windows Or in fess and slightly beneath by millwheel Gules at dexter and a well Gules at sinister. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "SOBRALINHO".
Meaning:
The oak is alluding to the commune´s name, meaning "little cork oak" and is alluding to local woods of this kind of trees.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024
Information kindly given to Sérgio Hortaa by Eduardo Jorge Lourenço Brito. Draft of flag and arms made by Eduardo Jorge Lourenço Brito.Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 April 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
Sobralinho was one of the nine communes of Vila Franca de Xira Municipality; it had 5050 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4,2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Apr 2015
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