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klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vila maior(s.pedro do sul) | rose(red) | grapevine |
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![[Vila Maior (São Pedro do Sul) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-spsvm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta´, 3 Apr 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Apr 2025
![[Vila Maior (São Pedro do Sul) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-spsvm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 3 Apr 2025
Shield Argent a grapevine eradicated Vert fructed Purple tendriled and leafed Vert, in chief a heraldic rose Gules seeded Or and barbed Ver, in base a watermill wheel Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA MAIOR - S. PEDRO DO SUL"
Meaning:
The rose is an attribute of Our Lady of Purification, the local patron saint.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage and communal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Apr 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 July 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Apr 2025
Vila Maior is one of the ten communes of São Pedro do Sul Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 872 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 14,09 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Apr 2025
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