Last modified: 2024-07-20 by 
klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: vila fria | sao jorge de vizela | bridge | dragon(green) |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
![[Vila Fria commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-flgvv-vf.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 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, 16 July 2024
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, issuant from base a throughout bridge Sable masoned Argent with one arch, on fess point a plough Gules with share Sable surrounded by three corn cobs Or leafed Vert ordered 1:2. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILA FRIA - FELGUEIRAS".
Meaning:
The bridge is a representation of the local Roman bridge crossing the Vizela River.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 28 September 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
Vila Fria was one of the 20 communes of Felgueiras Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had inhabitants in 2021 and covered km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
![[São Jorge de Vizela commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-flgvv-vj.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 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, 16 July 2024
Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, on middle chief point a dragon rampant Vert tongued Gules and pierced by a lance Or in bend, beneath a grape bunch Or leafed Vert at dexter and a corn cob Gules leafed Vert at sinister, both ordered per fess. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VIZELA - S. JORGE - FELGUEIRAS".
Meaning:
The dragon is an attribute of St. George, local patron saint and name giver of the commune. The base wavy is a representation of the other name giver, the Vizela River.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 August 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
São Jorge de Vizela was one of the 20 communes of Felgueiras Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had inhabitants in 2021 and covered km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2024
back to Felgueiras Communes click here