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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres united commune flag]](../images/p/pt-alqac.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
![[Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres united commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-alqac).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
Shield Argent parted by a saltire Azure, charged with five bezants in quincunx, on chief quarter a windmill wheel Azure with vanes of the same, on base quarter a bulldog couchant Sable, on both flanch quarters a grape bunch Purpure leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "UNIÃO DAS FREGUESIAS DE ABRIGADA E CABANAS DE TORRES".
Meaning:
The arms of the local Araújo kin displayed a blue saltire charged with five bezants. They also appear on the arms of the former Abrigada Commune. The bulldog (Portuguese: alão) couchant is taken from the municipal and communal arms of Alenquer. He is a canting element alluding to the municipal name, derived from "Alão-quer". Grapes and wheel are taken from the arms of the former Cabanas de Torres Commune.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 26 January 2024
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
Abrigada e Cabanas de Torres is one of the five communes of Alenquer Municipality created by a merger during the 2013 changes. It had 4157 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 46,15 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Mar 2025
![[Abrigada commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-alqac-ab.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of white and blue.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
Shield Argent parted by saltire Azure charged with five bezants, in chief quarter a 5-point-star Azure, sometimes nimbed Or, in base quarter a bulldog couchant Maron. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard-Guedes style, with inscription in black initials: "ABRIGADA".
Meaning:
The silver background and the charged saltire are taken from the arms of the Araújo kin. Gonçalo Vaz de Araújo erected the parish church of Our Lady of Grace in the 16th century. Furthermore the family owned at the same time a manor called "Quinta de Abrigada", which had an enormous agricultural and florestal area. The star is an attribute of Our Lady of Grace, the local patron saint. The bulldog is taken from the arms of Alenquer Municipality.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 March 1995,
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
Abrigada was one of the ten communes of Alenquer Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 3320 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 39,3 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
![[Cabanas de Torres commune (until 2013)]](../images/p/pt-alqac-ct.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
Shield Argent, two grape bunches Purpure leafed Vert between a windmill´s wheel Sable rigged Azure in chief and a triplemount issuant Vert charged with a pine cone Or on each peak in base. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CABANAS DE TORRES".
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
The symbols had never been published in Diário da República.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
Cabanas de Torres was one of the ten communes of Alenquer Municipality affected by the 2013 changes. It had 989 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 6,8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 Aug 2015
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