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2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of purple and white.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
![[Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-stscr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
Shield Argent, a pilgrim's staff Sable with its gourd Gules in pale between two millwheels Purpure, in base two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black serifed capitals "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE CARREIRA E REFOJOS DE RIBA DE AVE".
Meaning:
The arms of the new commune include elements from both the amalgamated former communes' arms: The waves and the millwheel from Refojos and the staff from Carreira
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: II Série on 19 October 2016
Source: here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
Carreira e Refojos de Riba de Ave Commune is one of the 14 communes of Santo Tirso Municipality; its communes had together 2072 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 9.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Aug 2017
![[Carreira (Santo Tirso) commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-stscr-ca'.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of unknown colour.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
![[Carreira (Santo Tirso) commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-stscr-ca).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
Shield Or; a pilgrim's staff Sable in pale with its gourd Gules tied Gules between two grape bunches Purpure leafed Vert; issuant from base wavy Argent, charged with a barrulet wavy Azure, a mount Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CARREIRA - SANTO TIRSO".
Meaning:
The word "carreira" means usually "career" or "route" but its more generic meaning of "run" is, albeit somewhat archaic, well known. I am not sure, whether the pilgrim staff on the arms, refering to the Way of St. James, shares its meaning with this word.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 19 July 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
Carreira Commune, sometimes referred to as São Tiago da Carreira (the conterminous Catholic Parish), was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santo Tirso Municipality; it had 1110 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 3.5 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 Aug 2017
![[Refojos de Riba de Ave commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-stscr-rr'.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field of unkown colour.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
![[Refojos de Riba de Ave commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-stscr-rr).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
Shield Argent a vertical axis-mounted riverstream watermill paddlewheel Purpure and two maize ears Or leafed Vert with all three charges set per counterchevron and in base two barrulets wavy Azure. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "REFOJOS DE RIBA DE AVE".
Meaning:
The phrase "de riba de Ave" means "on the bank(s) of (the) Ave (River)" (a disambiguating epithet as there is another former comune of the same name ; this meaning is alluded to by the wavy stripes on the arms.
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 September 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
Refojos de Riba de Ave Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Santo Tirso Municipality; it had 692 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6.5 km².
Source: English WIKIPEDIA
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Aug 2017
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