Moreira de Rei Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

Moreira de Rei Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 June 2025

Coat of Arms

[[Moreira de Rei (Trancoso) commune CoA].gif)](../images/p/pt-tcsmr%29.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 June 2025

Shield Argent a pillory Sable, in dexter chief a fleur de lis Azure, in sinister chief a royal coronet Or fimbriated Gules, in base two pine boughs Proper in saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "MOREIRA DE REI - TRANCOSO".
Meaning:
The phrase "_moreira de rei_" means "king´s mulberry", but there are no mulberries in these arms. he king in question is the deposed Sancho II (223-1248), who stayed at the local castle on his way to exile in Toledo. This deposition, in favour of his younger brother Afonso II caused also the change of the royal arms: Portugal ancient was added as difference a bordure Gules with castles Or. The early date of this symbolism justify, I presume, the open crown in the arms.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage, official municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 June 2025

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 26 March 2005,
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 June 2025

Presentation of Moreira de Rei

Moreira de Rei is one of the 15 communes of Trancoso Municipality created by the merger during the 2013 changes. It had 411 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 34,40 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 June 2025

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