Last modified: 2015-07-21 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: bico(paredes de coura) | cristelo | spindle | distaff | grain | sword | scales | corn(cob) |
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![[Bico(Paredes de Coura) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pcrbc-bi.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 8 July 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and green.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
Shield Sable, spindle and distaff Or with wool Argent fixed by a belt Gules and flanked by two bunches of grain, both containing a wheat ear Or between two corn cobs of the same, leaved Vert and tied Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BICO - PAREDES DE COURA".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 August 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
Bico Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paredes de Coura Municipality (q.v.); it had 466 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
![[Cristelo commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-pcrbc-cr.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,8 July 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider ,8 July 2015
Shield Argent, in chief a flamy sword Azure balancing scales of the same, in base a shrub Vert fruited Sable betwwen two corn cobs Gules leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CRISTELO".
Meaning:
Sword and scales are attributes of St. Michael, the local patron saint.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
Cristelo Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Paredes de Coura Municipality (q.v.); it had 317 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 2.6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 July 2015
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