Rio Mau (Vila do Conde)
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RIO MAU
Municipality : Vila do Conde
District : Porto
Portuguese | Escudo de verde, duas enxadas de prata, encabadas de ouro e passadas em aspa; em chefe, pórtico românico de prata, lavrado e aberto de negro; campanha ondada de prata e azul de quatro peças. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro:“ RIO MAU – VILA DO CONDE “. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on January 10, 2001.
The upper part shows the gate of the local romanic Church of St> Christopher, dating from the 12th century and a national monument. It also refers to the former monastery in the parish.
The hoes represent agriculture and the base symbolises the Rio Este river in the parish.
Literature : image send by Sergio Horta
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