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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Falagueira-Venda Nova commune flag]](../images/p/pt-amdfv.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
![[Falagueira-Venda Nova commune logo]](../images/p/pt-amdfv1.gif)
2:3, image located by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
On white field there is a green aqueduct with four arches, flanked by two green, embattled towers, beneath the left arch is a green fountain.
Meaning:
The fountain is taken from the former Falagueira arms. Two embattled towers, slightly different had been common elements in the arms of both former communes. The aqueduct is a new element and a representtion of the Free Waters Aqueduct (Port.: Aqueduto das Águas Livres; see here.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
![[Falagueira-Venda Nova commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-amdfv).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
Shield Vert two towers Argent masoned Sable with ports Gules in fess, on chief two pomegranates addorsed Argent seeded Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "FALAGUEIRA-VENDA NOVA".
Meaning:
The towers and a complete tree of pomegranate had been part of the arms of both predecessors. The tree is also a charge on the arms of Amadora Municipality.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 21 January 2015
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
Falagueira-Venda Nova is one of the five communes of Amadora Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 20 788 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 2,9 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
![[Falagueira commune (until 2013) #1]](../images/p/pt-amdfv-fg.gif) 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 10 May 2015 |
![[Falagueira commune (until 2013) #2]](../images/p/pt-amdfv-fg2.gif) 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
Shield Vert, a well Argent (see left image above) spitting water of the same and flanked by two towers Argent, in chief a pomegranate tree eradicated Argent with 11 pomegranates of the same seeded Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "FALAGUEIRA - AMADORA". Also displayed with well Or (see right image above) spitting water Argent and the towers have ports Vert.
Sources: Sérgio Horta´s webpage and here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015 / 2 Mar 2025
Symbols not published in Diário da República:, thus it is impossible to say, which version is right. Falagueira kept the symbols of the former Falagueira/Venda Nova Commune without approval.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
Symbols were not published in Diário da República.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
The former Falagueira/Venda Nova Commune was divided into two communes on 12 July 1997 and reunited in 2013. Falagueira was one of the ten communes of Amadora Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 14 531 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 2 Mar 2025
![[Venda Nova commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-amdfv-vn.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 10 May 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
Shield Vert, a cogwheel Or, surrounding a mortar´s pestle and a pharmaceutical phial of the same crossed per saltire, flanked by two towers Argent with ports Gules, in chief a pomegranate tree eradicated Argent with 11 pomegranates of the same slipped Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "VENDA NOVA - AMADORA".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 5 April 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2015
Venda Nova was one of the ten communes of Amadora Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 8359 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 1,2 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider,10 May 2015
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