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![[Portela do Fojo e Machio commune]](../images/p/pt-ppspm.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
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, 20 Feb 2017
Shield Or, an eradicated chestnut tree Vert, the nuts cracked Gules, flanked by two bees Sable garnished Argent, mural base Gules masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PORTELA DO FOJO - MACHIO".
Source: Pampilhosa da Serra municipal pages
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 10 November 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Portela do Fojo e Machio is one of the eight communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; its parts had 507 inhabitants in 2011 and it covers 52,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
![[Portela do Fojo commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ppspm-pf.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 June 2024
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, 19 June 2024
Shield Argent, an eradicated pine Vert with cones Or, flanked in chief by two bees Proper, mural base Gules masoned Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "PORTELA DO FOJO".
Meaning:
The pine tree - Appears as a symbol of vegetation endogenous and majority of the parish. When he was torn off, aims to translate the strength of the inhabitants of this southern part of the county of Pampilhosa da Serra, a strength that has been required of them for centuries to make a living each day in an area of rugged land and not very fertile. Green, of course, represents the natural colour of that tree and at the same time the dominant tone of the landscape, along with the depletion of slate, blue represents the sky and the local rivers. As for the gold pine cones, as it is good to see the richness that comes from this forest species. Towards In addition to the economic wealth, the gold-painted pine cones represent nobility, constancy and power.
The bees represent beekeeping in the local pine forests.
The masoned base represents the Cabril dam, abasin that creates another of the great riches of the parish of Portela do Fojo: the huge mass of water accumulated at the bottom of its slopes, fruit of the rivers Zêzere and Unhais. The fact that the masonry is painted red heraldically translates Victories, Gambles and Wars, characteristics that were necessary for man to be able to harness the intense force of those two rivers and to build, in the 1950s the hydroelectric use of the Cabril.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017 / 19 June 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 1996
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Portela do Fojo was one of the pre-2013 communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; it had 381 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 37,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
![[Machio commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ppspm-mc.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Feb 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: here
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, two millstones Azure ordered per fess, in chief a chestnut branch Vert with nuts cracked Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "MACHIO".
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 11 October 2004,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
Machio was one of the pre-2013 communes of Pampilhosa da Serra Municipality; it had 126 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 15,0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Feb 2017
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