Last modified: 2016-01-09 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: barrio(ponte de lima) | cepoes | pale(golden) | bar(wavy) | sword | scales | scallop | tower | base(wavy) |
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![[Bárrio commune (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ptlbc-ba.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Shield Gules divided by two pales Or, superimposed in centre by a bar wavy Argent charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, in chief scales balanced on a sword flamy in counterchanged colours, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Argent. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "BÁRRIO - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
Sword and scales are an attribute of St. Michael, the local patron saint.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 13 August 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Bárrio Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 354 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 5.3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider,19 Mar 2015
![[Cepões commune (- 2013)]](../images/p/pt-ptlbc-cp.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Mar 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Shield green, a two level tower Argent masoned Sable with port and windows Gules, flanked at dexter top by a scallop Or garnished Sable (acc. to Sérgio Horta: Gules), base wavy of Argent and Azure. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CEPÕES - PONTE DE LIMA".
Meaning:
The scallop is an attribute of the local patron saint St. James of Compostela.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Draft of flag and arms made by Carlos Alberto Mouteira Fernandes. Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 30 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
Cepões Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of the Ponte de Lima municipality (q.v.); it had 564 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 4.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Mar 2015
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