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![[Alvações do Corgo commune flag]](../images/p/pt-smpac.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Aug 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Aug 2024
![[Alvações do Corgo commune flag]](../images/p/pt-smpac).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 18 Aug 2024
Shield Argent a tank engine Sable garnished Or, on either chief corner a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert, issuant from base wavy of Azure and Argent a throughout bridge Gules masoned Sable. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ALVAÇÕES DO CORGO".
Meaning:
The phrase "alvações do Corgo" seems to mean something like "Corgo rapids" or more accurately "whitewaters of the Corgo". The wavy base on the arms makes it partly canting for the River Corgo. The steam locomotive on the arms refers to the local train station, unusually located within the village itself, part of the 1906-2010 meter-gauge 70 km long Régua-Chaves Railway, see English WIKIPEDIA. The bridge on the arms refers to an actual 12th century masonry bridge, see this webpage.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Aug 2024 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 January 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Aug 2024
Alvações do Corgo is one of the five communes of Santa Marta de Penaguião Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 405 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,22 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Aug 2024
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