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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Vilarinho da Castanheira commune flag]](../images/p/pt-crzvc.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Oct 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2024
![[Vilarinho da Castanheira commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-crzvc).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 14 Feb 2024
Shield Argent, issuant from a base wavy of Argent and Azure a mount Vert, on fess point a dolmen Sable, on central chief point a scent bottle Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "VILARINHO DA CASTANHEIRA".
Meaning:
The scent bottle is an attribute of St. Mary Magdalen, the local patron saint. The dolmen is symbolising the early peopling of the village. The other charges are alluding to the local landscape.
The word "castanheira" is the female form of "castanheiro", which means "chestnut tree"; this grammatical gender variation in Portuguese tree names usually refers to an exceptionally large individual tree. The compound meaning of this toponym, "hamlet of the large chestnut tree", is not refered to in the arms, which are therefore not canting.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Oct 2024 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 November 2007, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2024
Vilarinho da Castanheira is one of the ten communes of Carrazeda de Ansiães Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 362 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 28,26 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 14 Feb 2024
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