This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Communes of Vila de Rei Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2010-11-06 by antónio martins
Keywords: fundada | coat of arms: ship | waves: 3 | ship: sloop | sun: 16 rays | vila de rei | coat of arms: obelisk | chameleon | tunna | fish: tunna | waves: 3 |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors



See also:

Introduction

Two of the three communes of Vila de Rei Municipality have adopted arms and flags: Vila de Rei and Fundada; São João do Peso has not, according to Sérgio Horta’s website.
António Martins, 2010


Fundada Commune

Fundada commune
image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Mar 2008

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain yellow background. The banner should have golden and red tassels and cord, and golden pole and spear finial. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2004.09.22.
António Martins, 18 Mar 2008

Coat of arms

Fundada arms
image by Sérgio Horta, 18 Mar 2008

The arms are Gules semy of pine twigs Or each with its cone a two-arch bridge Argent masoned Sable issuant from a base wavy Argent chages with a bar wavy Azure. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Fundada". Original blazon:

Escudo de vermelho, semeado de ramos de pinheiro com uma pinha, de ouro, com uma ponte de dois arcos de prata, lavrada de negro, movente dos flancos e de campanha ondada, de prata e azul de três pés. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "FUNDADA".
António Martins, 18 Mar 2008

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Fundada

See also:

Fundada Commune is one of the three communes of the Vila de Rei Municipality; it had 676 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 36,29 km².
António Martins, 18 Mar 2008


Vila de Rei Commune

Vila de Rei commune
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Mar 2008

It is a fairly typical portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centered on a plain blue background. The banner should have silvery and blue tassels and cord, and golden pole and spear finial. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República : III Série in 2004.09.22.
António Martins, 20 Mar 2008

Coat of arms

Vila de Rei arms
image by Sérgio Horta, 20 Mar 2008

The arms are Argent issuant from a mound vert semy of pebbles Or a triangulation pillar Sable and on a base wavy Argent a bar wavy Azure. Mural crown argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Freguesia de Vila de Rei". Original blazon:

Armas - Escudo de prata, monte de verde, semeado de seixos de ouro, rematado por marco geodésico de negro realçado de prata e movente de campanha diminuta ondada de prata e azul de três tiras ondadas. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: "FREGUESIA DE VILA DE REI".
António Martins, 20 Mar 2008

Version without the coat of arms

Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have armless variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999

Presentation of Vila de Rei

See also:

Vila de Rei Commune is one of the three communes of the synonym Municipality; it had 2504 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 142,02 km². It includes the geographic point usually considered to be the geograpic center of counterminous Portugal (Picoto da Milriça) and the 1st order Portuguese Survey triangulation pillar #1, which is depicted on the arms.
António Martins, 20 Mar 2008


Anything below this line was not added by the editor of this page.