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![[Fontelas commune flag]](../images/p/pt-prgfo.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 July 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2024
![[Fontelas commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-prgfo).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 July 2024
Shield Argent three heraldic fountains in fess, on chief a flame sword balancing a pair of scales all Gules, on base a traditional rabelo type sailing ship Sable rigged Gules and loaded with barrels Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and silvery scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "FONTELAS - PESO DA RÉGUA".
Meaning:
The word "fontelas" is the plural of an alternate hypochoristic of "fonte", meaning "fountain" or "source"/"spring" (in the hydrological sense of the word). The heraldic fountains on the arms, are therefore canting. They refer to the three sources of the local historical spa resort Caldas de Moledo. Sword with scales is the attribute Archangel Michael, historical local patron saint. The rabelo refers to traditional river sailing.
Sources: Hiperglobal webpage and
Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2024
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 23 May 2005
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2024
Fontelas is one of the four communes of Peso da Régua Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes ; it had 630 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 3,34 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 July 2024
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