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Sobreiró de Baixo e Alvaredos United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2017-01-10 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: sobreiro de baixo | alvaredos | chestnut(tree) | purse | paschal lamb | olive(twig) | wheat(ear) | grapevine |
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União das Freguesias de Sobreiró de Baixo e Alvaredos, Concelho de Vinhais, Distrito de Bragança

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Former Sobreiró de Baixo commune (until 2013)

[Sobreiró de Baixo commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Dec 2016

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

Coat of arms

[Sobreiró de Baixo commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Dec 2016

The shield of the arms is Vert, three chestnut trees Argent fruited Or, ordered 2:1, in chief a purse Or tied Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SOBREIRÓ DE BAIXO".
Meaning:
"Sobreiró", means "cork oak", which makes the arms weirdly not canting.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 6 June 2002
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

Presentation of Sobreiró de Baixo

Sobreiró de Baixo Commune, or Sobreiro de Baixo, was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 307 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18.7 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Dec 2016

Former Alvaredos commune (until 2013)

[Alvaredos commune (until 2013)]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Nov 2016 		[Alvaredos commune(until 2013) #2]
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Nov 2016 		   

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: this photo
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 2016

Coat of arms

[Alvaredos commune CoA (until 2013)] image by , 13 Nov 2016

The shield of the arms is Vert ,a Paschal Lamb couchant Argent, nimbed Or , in chief a twig of olive Argent fruited Sable between two grape bunches Or leaved Argent, and in base two wheat ears Or tied Azure with their stems per saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) reading in black upper case letters "ALVAREDOS - VINHAIS".
However, the already mentioned 35 communal flags shown on the tile panel gallery on the outer terrace wall by the Vinhais Earldom Manor / Municipal Culture Center include, as 2nd from the left, a variant version of the flag, where these grapes appear Purpure (see right image above), not Or (which two tintcures are by far the most usual in Portuguese heraldry to colour grapes): I don't know if this is caused by an error or if it goes against the law intentionally.
Meaning:
The Paschal Lamb is an attribute of St. John the Baptist, the local patron saint.
Sources: this webpage, this image and here
António Martins-Tuválkin and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Nov 2016, 27 Dec 2016

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 9 March 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 2016

Presentation of Alvaredos

Alvaredos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Vinhais Municipality; it had 62 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.4 km².
Source: Portuguese WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Nov 2016

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