Cheleiros

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CHELEIROS

Municipality : Mafra
District : Lisboa

Official blazon

Escudo de prata, ponte medieval de um arco, de negro, lavrada de prata, movente dos flancos e nascente de uma ponta ondada de azul e prata de cinco tiras; em chefe, flor-de-lis de azul entre dois cachos de uvas de púrpura, folhados de verde. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro: “ CHELEIROS “.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 26, 1998.

The bridge in the arms is the local bridge, which probably is of Roman origin. The wavy base symbolises the Lizandro river in the municipality.
The bunch of grapes symbolises the importance of viticulture for the municipality. The fleur-de-lis is the symbol of St. Mary, the local patron saint.

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta