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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Ribeiros commune flag]](../images/p/pt-fafrb.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024
Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, an impending Hydra Argent tongued Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "RIBEIROS".
Meaning:
Hydra was a mythological beast, precisely a snake with seven heads, rewaxing when having been cut. The beast was finally killed by ancient Greek hero Heracles. I don´t know the relationship between beast and commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 31 May 1999
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024
Ribeiros is one of the 17 communes of Fafe Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 545 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,96 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 Dec 2024
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