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![[Torre de Moncorvo commune flag]](../images/p/pt-tmctm.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Source: Sergio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
![[Torre de Moncorvo commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-tmctm).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
shield Azure with base barruly wavy of Argent and Azure, an embattled quadrangular tower Argent with windows Gules between two almond branches Or flowered Argent in pale. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FREGUESIA DE TORRE DE MONCORVO".
Meaning:
As "torre" means "tower" in Portuguese, these arms are partly canting for part of the toponym. Also represented is the local importance of almond growing and a local river — this might be either the River Sabor, which is makes up the western and northwestern boundaries of the commune, or, less likely, the local small creek Ribeira da Alfarela.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 April 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
Torre de Moncorvo was one of the nine communes of Moncorvo Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 2612 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 35,88 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 6 Oct 2023
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