Povolide Commune (Portugal) (original) (raw)


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Freguesia de Povolide, Concelho de Viseu, Distrito de Viseu

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[[Povolide commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vispo.gif)2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Sep 2024

Povolide Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of red and yellow.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Sep 2024

Coat of Arms

Shield Or, on fess point an orbicular cross Gules, on central chief point a wedge Azure, flanked by two flax plants Vert with blossoms Azure seeded Or, in base crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and short white scroll, in Bénard Guedes style, reading in black upper case serifed letters "POVOLIDE".
Meaning:
The cross is that one of the Orders of the Temple (full name: Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Sep 2024

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 21 August 2003
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Sep 2024

Presentation of Povolide

Povolide is one of the 18 communes of Viseu Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1583 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 20,22 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Sep 2024

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