Last modified: 2018-07-24 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: povoa de rio de moinhos | cafede | base(wavy) | watermill(wheel) | windmill(wheel) | bridge | olive(twig) |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
![[Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ctbpc-pr.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2018
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2018
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two watermill's wheels Gules in fess, in central chief a windmill's wheel Sable rigged Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black initials "PÓVOA DE RIO DE MOINHOS".
Meaning:
The name of the commune means "settlement at the river of mills". The arms are thus canting.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 July 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2018
Póvoa de Rio de Moinhos Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality; it had 663 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 25.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
![[Cafede commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ctbpc-cf.gif)
2:3 image by , 14 Mar 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Castelo Branco municipal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
Shield Azure, issuant from base a two arched bridge Argent masoned Sable, in chief a twig of olive Argent fruited Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll (Bénard Guedes style) with inscription in black initials "CAFEDE".
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 June 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 July 2018
Cafede Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Castelo Branco Municipality; it had 263 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15.5 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Mar 2016
back to Castelo Branco Communes click here