Alvite e Passos United Commune (Portugal)

Last modified: 2024-12-21 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: alvite(cabeceiras de basto) | passos(cabeceiras de basto) | keys(crossed) | arrows |
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União das Freguesias de Alvite e Passos, Concelho de Cabeceiras de Basto, Distrito de Braga

• Alvite e Passos United Commune
• Former Alvite Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Alvite
• Former Passos Commune (until 2013)
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Passos

• Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality
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• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Alvite e Passos United Commune<

The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Former Alvite Commune (until 2013)

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent an embattled rectangular tower Gules masoned Sable with windows of the same, flanked by two corn cobs Or leafed Vert, on central chief two keys Azure in saltire, tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ALVITE - CABECEIRAS DE BASTO".
Meaning:
The crossed keys are an attribute of St. Peter, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 13 August 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Presentation of Alvite

Alvite was one of the nine communes of Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 2048 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 7,97 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Former Passos Commune (until 2013)

Flag

I couldn´t find any flag information.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent, issuant from base wavy of Azure and Argent a mount Vert, on centre two corn cobs Or leafed Vert in fess, on central chief three arrows Azure tied Gules in fan. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PASSOS - CABECEIRAS DE BASTO".
Meaning:
The arrows are an attribute of St. Sebastian, the local patron saint.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024

Symbols proposed by CHAAP on 24 November 2009, not published in Diário da República:
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Dec 2024