Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
Keywords: macedo de cavaleiros | coat of arms: bordure | snowflake | chestnut |
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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a background quarterly (meaning town
rank) of green and yellow. The coat of arms is argent a chestnut twig
fruited or and leaved vert and on a a bordure sable nine snowflakes (or
flowers?) argent. Mural crown argent with four visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "VILA DE MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS".
António Martins, 06 Sep 2003
The toponym means "Horsemen’s (something)" — no trace of any on the arms. On the other hand, this town lies indeed in a region where chestnut trees are grown in great numbers, and where you can have as much snow as possible in Portugal. Bo