Rio Mau (Vila do Conde)

RIO MAU

Municipality : Vila do Conde
District : Porto

Official blazon

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 “.

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.