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Casais e Alviobeira United Commune (Portugal)

União das Freguesias de Casais e Alviobeira, Concelho de Tomar, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2015-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: casais(tomar) | alviobeira | bridge(red) | wheat(ear) | lozenges(3) | cross(templar) | corn(cob) | olive(branch) |
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Former Casais commune (until 2013)

[Casais commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 26 Oct 2001

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white field.
Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

Coat of arms

[Casais (Tomar) commune CoA (until 2013)] image by Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

Vert field, a argent one arch roman brigde, over 4 wavy fesses, 2 argent and 2 azure, above 2 branches of 3 ears of wheat or, in chief 3 argent lozenges. Argent 3 towers mural crown (village rank). White scroll with inscription in black upper case letters "CASAIS - TOMAR".
Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

Published in Diário da República: III Série on 25 September 1995
Sérgio Horta, 26 Oct 2001

Presentation of Casais

Casais Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 2342 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 27.4 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2014

Former Alviobeira commune (until 2013)

[Alviobeira commune (until 2013)] 2:3 image by , 13 July 2015

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Argent with base wavy of Azure and Argent, a corn cob Gules leaved Vert and an olive branch Vert fruited Sable crossed per saltire, in central chief a cross patty rounded Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "ALVIOBEIRA".
Meaning:
The Portuguese chapter of the Order of the Templars was installed by King D. Afonso Henrique and played an important role during the fight against the Moors.The King granted all ecclesiastical rights of Santarém to the order after the capture of the city. Due to a conflict with D. Gilberto, the 1st bishop of Lisboa, the Templars lost all churches of Santarém except the Church of St. James (S. Tiago). They gained instead the castle of Ceras as a compensation. The parish church of Alviobeira had been a vicarage of the Order of Christ. Corn cob and olive branch are reminding on the amount of crops which had to be paid by the local tenants to the Order of Christ
Source: Districts of Portugal
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 July 2015

Published in Diário da República: III Série on
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 July 2015

Presentation of Alviobeira

Alviobeira Commune was one of the pre-2013 communes of Tomar Municipality (q.v.); it had 623 inhabitants in 2011 and covered 8.6 km². The commune belonged to Ferreira do Zêzere until 1855 and became part of Tomar municipality on 24 October 1855.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 July 2015

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