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klaus-michael schneider
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The commune either has not yet proper symbols or they are unknown.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 May 2024
![[Peredo dos Castelhanos commune flag until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcup-pc.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Oct 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Oct 2023
![[Peredo dos Castelhanos commune flag CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcup-pc).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Oct 2023
Shield Or with base barruly wavy of Azure and Argent an eradicated almond tree blossomed Argent an ineschutcheon Gules bearing a castle Or masoned Sable with port and windows
Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PEREDO
DOS CASTELHANOS"
Meaning:
The word "peredo" has no meaning in modern colloquial Portuguese; I think, it means something like "boulder [field]" or "crag" (akin to
"penedo" and "péra"), but I cannot confirm it. Whatever it is, it´s not shown nor symbolised in the arms.
The phrase "dos castelhanos" means in Portuguese "of the Castilians": it refers to a local legend about the settlement having been refounded by people from Castile (although the neighbouring historical region of Spain is rather Leon), and the inescutcheon on the arms reflects this part of the toponym. The almond tree stands obviously for the local importance of almond growing and the wavy base symbolises the River Douro, which borders the western side of the communal territory.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Oct 2023
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 11 February 2010, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 May 2010
Peredo dos Castelhanos was one of the 18 communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 111 inhabitants in 2011 and
covered 17,83 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 18 Oct 2023
![[Urros commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcup-ur.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 13 May 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 May 2010
![[Urros commune CoA (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-tmcup-ur).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 13 May 2010
The arms are Argent a castle Gules masoned Sable with port and windows Or with its towers ruined and flagged with a red banner staffed Azure charged with an ancient crown Or, in the chief´s cantons two bunches of grapes Purpure leaved, a base wavy wavy of four barrulets Azure and Argent . Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "URROS".
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 May 2010
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 24 September 2001
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 May 2010
Urros Commune was one 18 communes of Moncorvo (or Torre de Moncorvo) Municipality affected by the 2013 changes; it had 325 inhabitants in 2001 and covered 57,43 km².
back to Torre de Moncorvo Communes click here
