Last modified: 2024-09-21 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: ribeira de fraguas | bend(wavy) | bendlet(wavy) | corn(cob) | pine |
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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 6 Sep 2010 |
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta and Valentin Poposki, 13 Feb 2022 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
communal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010
Shield Vert divided by a bend wavy Argent charged with two bendlets wavy Azure, a corn cob Or on dexter base, a pine Or on sinister chief. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "RIBEIRA DE FRÁGUAS".
Meaning:
"ribeira de fráguas" means something like "cliff creek", so these arms are partly canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010
Adopted by the Communal Assembly on 10 June 1997 and published in Diário da República: III Série on 3 December 1997
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Sep 2010 and Valentin Poposki, 13 Feb 2022
Ribeira de Fráguas is one of the six communes of Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality; it had 1494 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 26,7 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Sep 2024
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