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![[Vale de Azares commune]](../images/p/pt-clbva.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Feb 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field (village rank).
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2010
![[Vale de Azares commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-clbva).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 14 Feb 2010
The arms are Or two watermill wheels Gules and a lyre Azure both garnished Argent and in base a valley Vert semy of quatrefoils Argent seeded Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading "VALE DE AZARES" in black upper case letters.
Meaning:
"vale de azares" means "valley of mishaps", as in those caused by bad luck, so the arms are not canting but are certainly a pun on the toponym, the clovers (quatrefoils) making it even possible of being construed as a talisman (lucky charm). The lyre and the watermill wheels refer probably to local cultural and protoindustrial activities.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2010
Flag adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2003.10.15
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2010
Vale de Azares Commune is one of the 16 communes of Celorico da Beira Municipality (q.v.); it had 467 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 4,97 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 13 Feb 2010
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