Ribeira Quente

Portugal heraldry portal

This page is part of the Portugal heraldry portal	Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry: National arms of Portugal Arms of cities and towns Heraldic literature of Portugal Total pages in the Portugal section : 10,508 of which images : 5,925	Other heraldry: Ecclesiastical heraldry Military heraldry Educational heraldry Institutional heraldry Corporate heraldry Heraldic postcards Heraldic stamps Personal arms

RIBEIRA QUENTE

Municipality : Povoação
District : Açores

Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de azul, barco de vermelho perfilado de prata, com vela do mesmo, vogando sobre um pé ondado de três tiras de prata e verde, tendo brocante sobre o casco e o ondado uma rede de negro, carregada de dois peixes de ouro, afrontados; em chefe, açor voante de ouro, segurando nas garras um escudete de azul, carregado de cinco besantes de prata. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «RIBEIRA QUENTE».
English	Quente No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 10, 2001.

Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.

If you have any information on the origin or meaning of these arms, or have additional images that you want to share, please mail us your information !

Literature : image from http://www.hiperglobal.com