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Trancozelos Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Trancozelos, Concelho de Penalva do Castelo, Distrito de Viseu

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg and Tomislav Todorović, 26 June 2024

Trancozelos Commune

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Trancozelos Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 June 2024

Flag Variant

2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg and Tomislav Todorović, 26 June 2024

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: I spotted this flag on 29 September 2013 in a polling station in Penalva do Castelo.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014

Coat of Arms

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014

Shield Purpure, in chief and fess divided by a bar wavy Argent, each charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, between the bars a bridge Argent masoned Sable with two arcs, above a couped cross of Jerusalem Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "TRANCOZELOS".
Meaning:
The bridge is taken from a communal ex-libris, the cross of the Order of the Holy Grave (Port.: Ordem do Santo Sepulcro), shaped like a Jerusalem cross, is reminding on the monastery of Santo Sepulcro, the base wavy makes a connection to the municipal arms. The purple colour is symbolising nobility and furthermore alluding to local wines.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 16 October 2002
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Nov 2015

Presentation of Trancozelos

Trancozelos is one of the 11 communes of Penalva do Castelo municipality covering 5,16 km². It had 269 inhabitants in 2011.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2014

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