Lapa do Lobo Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Lapa do Lobo, Concelho de Nelas, Distrito de Viseu

Last modified: 2017-03-08 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: lapa do lobo | wolf | fess(blue) | corn(cob) | grapevine |
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• About the flag
• Presentation of Lapa do Lobo

• Nelas Municipality
• Portugal

About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain purple field.
Source: this photo
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017

Shield Argent; a fess Azure, charged with a wolf passant Argent, eyed, armed and tongued Gules; in chief two corn cobs Or leaved Vert ordered per fess, in base a grapevine Purpure leaved Vert. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll with inscription in black capitals "LAPA DO LOBO".
Meaning:
The commune's name means "the wolf's den", the wolf is thus a canting element.
Source: this webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série on 21 July 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017

Presentation of Lapa do Lobo

Lapa do Lobo Commune is one of the seven communes of Nelas Municipality; it had 756 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 10.6 km². Lapa do Lobo was established on 4 October 1985 by secession from Canas de Senhorim Commune.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Mar 2017

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