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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Alquerubim commune]](../images/p/pt-albaq.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain celestial blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
![[Alquerubim commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-av-albaq).gif)
image by Valentin Poposki, 13 feb 202s
Shield Or with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a crescent recumbent Sable between two storks vigilant Azure armed Gules and both standing on rocks Sable, in chief a dragon Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials "ALQUERUBIM".
Meaning:
The dragon is one of the attributes of Saint Marina the Great Martyr, the local patron saint and is symbolising the recapture (reconquista) and re-Christianization of Portugal. The crescent is symbolising the Moorish occupation and is alluding to the Arab name of the commune, which means "Lands of the Kin". The storks are representing the local fauna, storks are very common in the region. The base wavy is representing Vouga River, the border of the commune and an important factor of the local development. The mural crown is signifying the commune as a town, which had been seat of a municipality until the middle of the 19th century.
Sources: here and communal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 22 February 2000,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 June 2024
Alquerubim Commune is one of the six communes of the Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality; it had 2381 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 15,4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Jan 2016
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