Viseu Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Viseu, Distrito de Viseu

Last modified: 2014-07-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

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About the Flag

The flag is gyronny red and yellow (city rank), with the municipal coat of arms in the centre.
António Martins-Tuválkin,

Coat of arms

image by Sérgio Horta, 13 Nov 2007

The arms argent, a castle gules, with port and windowa or, with a hornblower blowing or, dressed sable, headdressed argent and of complexion of the same, on top of the dexter tower, and an apple tree vert, fructed or, stemmed sable, on the sinister tower. Mural crown of five towers (city rank) and white scroll reading "CIDADE DE VISEU" in black capitals.
Meaning:
No clues about the meaning of the apple tree nor the hornblower; the castle, as usual, stands for the local castle. ""
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 1998

I believe there is no British [nor German] heraldry equivalent to the French "ajouré" and the Spanish "aclarado" [portuguese "iluminado"] — only «with windows and gate x» (where "x" is the hue).
Santiago Dotor, 17 Dec 1998

(editorial note: in German "durchbrochen" is the equivalent of "ajouré" and "betagleuchtet" (a terrible word) is the equivalent of "aclarado"; kms)

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Version without Coat of Arms

2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010

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Presentation of Viseu

Viseu is a 508 km² municipality in the Viseu district and in the old province of Beira Alta, with 83 940 inhabitants in 25 communes.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 15 Dec 1998

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