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Solveira Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Solveira, Concelho de Montalegre, Distrito de Vila Real

Last modified: 2024-07-20 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: solveira | rowan | oven |
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[Solveira commune flag] 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 13 July 2024
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Solveira Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2024

Coat of Arms


[Solveira commune CoA] image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 13 July 2024

Shield Or two chestnut twigs Vert fruited Argent in fess, on chief an oven Gules masoned Argent open Sable with flame Gules, on base a rowan tree eradicated Vert and fruited 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 "SOLVEIRA".
Meaning:
The word "solveira" is a folk allophone of "sorveira", the name of the plant Sorbus domestica in Portuguese, known in English as service tree or rowan tree (or seldom as whitty pear). The arms are therefore partly canting.
Sources: Hiperglobal webpage and
municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 2 August 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2024

Presentation of Solveira

Solveira is one of the 17 communes of Montalegre Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 150 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 12,17 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 July 2024

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