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Pêra do Moço Commune (Portugal) Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia da Pêra do Moço, Concelho da Guarda, Distrito da Guarda

Last modified: 2024-09-28 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: pera do moco | rye(ear) | dolmen |
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[Pêra do Moço commune] 2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Apr 2009
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Pêra do Moço Commune

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2009

Coat of Arms

[Pêra do Moço commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta,

Shield Azure a (representation of a) dolmen Argent garnished Sable and six ears of rye Or set in pale and placed per orle with three in chief. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "PÊRA DO MOÇO"
Meaning:
The arms are canting in part, as "pera" is an archaic deformation of "pedra_", "stone". As written on the scroll and in many other locations, "pêra" (with caret) means "pear" like in better known such case of etymological misattrib, Castanheira de Pera, this is not shown as such in the arms. Words "do moço" mean "of the lad", but no lad is found on the arms; that´s because the dolmen´s full name is Anta do Moço (Lad´s Dolmen).
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2009

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 12 May 2004
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2009

Presentation of Pêra do Moço

Pêra do Moço is one of the 34 communes of Guarda Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 793 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 20,60 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Sep 2024

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