Travanca Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)


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Freguesia de Travanca, Concelho da Cinfães, Distrito do Viseu

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[[Travanca (Cinfães) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-cnftr.gif)2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Travanca Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Coat of Arms

[[Travanca (Cinfães) commune CoA].gif)](../images/p/pt-cnftr%29.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Shield Vert with base wavy of Argent and Azure, a milrind Argent flanked in each quarter by a 7-point star Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "TRAVANCA - CINFÃES".
Meaning:
The base wavy is a representation of the Douro River, as the village is also known as Travanca do Douro (Travanca upon Douro).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 November 2001
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

Presentation of Travanca

Travanca is one of the 13 communes of Cinfães Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 712 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,98 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Jan 2025

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