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Cabeça Boa Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Cabeça Boa, Concelho de Torre de Moncorvo, Distrito de Bragança

2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Oct 2023

Cabeça Boa Commune

Flag
Coat of Arms
Presentation of Cabeça BoaCabeça Boa

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Cabeça Boa Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of yet unknown colour.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Oct 2023

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Oct 2023

shield Or with base barruly wavy of Azure and Argent charged with two fish Gules najant in fess, two sheds Gules being the dexter shed closed Sable and the sinister one open, in chief a Moor´s head proper with beard Sable and headpiece Gules and Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank)and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "CABÇEA BOA"
Meaning:
The phrase "cabeça boa_" means "good head" in Portuguese. These arms are partly canting for at least part of the toponym, given the tasteless inclusion of a decapitation "trophy"; it very likely stands (also?) for Cabeça de Mouro, one of the five villages located in this commune: "_cabeça de mouro_" means "Moor´s head" The rest of the charges likely symbolises the other three non-nominal villages: The two sheds likely stand for Cabanas de Cima (meaning "upper sheds") and Cabanas de Baixo (meaning "lower sheds"), while and the wavy base likely symbolises thelocal River Sabor and especially the village of Foz do Sabor (meaning Sabor mouth).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,

lag and arms established by the CHAAP on 10 March 2001 and seemingly approved by the local council on an unknown date, but never edicted, promulgated, nor published in the official journal Diário da República.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Oct 2023

Presentation of Cabeça Boa

Cabeça Boa was one of the nine communes of Moncorvo Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 284 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 25,83 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 Oct 2023

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