Palhais Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)

• Palhais Commune
• Flag
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Palhais See also:
• Trancoso Municipality
• Portugal
• Portuguese WIKIPEDIA

Palhais Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 June 2025

Coat of Arms

[.gif)](../images/p/pt-tcspa%29.gif)image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 23 June 2025

Shield Argent a fess wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent, in chief two bells Sable with clappers Gules garnished Or, in base a garb of straw Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "PALHAIS - TRANCOSO".
Meaning:
The word "palhais" means "strawbarns" and the garb on the arms is likely a canting element. The wavy base on the arms might stand for either or both the River Távora, which forms the westernmost bounday of this commune, or its tributary Ribeira do Paúl (= marsh creek), which flows across the commune from east to west.
Sources: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage, official municipal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 June 2025

Published in Diário da República: II Série on 3 February 2011, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 June 2025

Presentation of Palhais

Palhais is one of the 15 communes of Trancoso Municipality created by the merger during the 2013 changes. It had 154 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,23 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 June 2025

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