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![[Dossãos commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vvddo.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Shield Vert a heraldic fountain, flanked on chief by a Marian crown Or and on base by a pair of corn cobs Or leafed Argent in saltire. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "DOSSÃOS".
Meaning:
The crown is an attribute of Our Lady of Assumption, the local patron saint. The corn plants are symbolising agriculture, the heraldic fountain a nameless, perhaps no longer existing, fountain. But there is a least still a "Rua da Fonte" (=Fountain Street).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 2 November 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Dossãos is one of the 21 communes of Vila Verde Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 424 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,94 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
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