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klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: figueiro(pacos de ferreira) | fess | grapevine | scallop | oak(twig) |
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![[Figueiró (Paços de Ferreira) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-pfrfg.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 Aug 2024
![[Figueiró (Paços de Ferreira) commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-pfrfg).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2017
Shield Or, a fess dovetailed counter dovetailed Gules; in chief a grapevine Purpure leafed Vert, flanked by two scallops Gules; in base an oak twig Vert, having three leaves and two acorns. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "FIGUEIRÓ - PAÇOS DE FERREIRA".
Meaning:
The scallops are attributes of St. James the Elder, if not local patron saint, there is at least a monument of this saint in the commune.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2017
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 23 April 1998
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2017
Figueiró Commune is one of the 12 communes of Paços de Ferreira Municipality; it had 2496 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 2,6 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2017
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