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klaus-michael schneider
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
![[Vale de Prazeres commune]](../images/p/pt-fndvm-vp.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 Sep 2014
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field (village rank).
Source: I spotted this flag in front of the local administration building on 30 September 2013.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2014
![[Vale de Prazeres commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-fndvm-vp).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2014
Shield Or, on base a valley Vert, above a couped belfry Sable with port and windows Argent and a bell Gules, topped by a Latin cross Sable and flanked by a branch of olive Vert fruited Sable at dexter and a bunch of grapes Vert fruited Purpure at sinister. Mural crown with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters"VALE DE PRAZERES".
Klaus-Michael Schneider, Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg and Pete Loeser, 29 Aug 2014
(village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "".
Meaning:
The valley (Port.: vale) is a canting element. The belfry probably belongs to the local parish church.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2014
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 August 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2014
Vale de Prazeres was one of the 13 communes of Fundão Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 1267 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 54,36 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Aug 2014
![[Mata da Rainha commune flag (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-fndvm-mr.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
Shield Argent two forests Vert in fess, on chief a coronet Or adorned Gules, on base a castle Purpure masoned Sable with port and windows Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MATA DA RAINHA".
Meaning:
The (royal) coronet of a queen (Port.: rainha) and the forests (Port.: matas) together are canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 February 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
Mata da Rainha was one of the 13 communes of Fundão Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 149 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 18,33 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 July 2024
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