Ventosa (Alenquer)
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VENTOSA
Municipality : Alenquer
District : Lisboa
Official blazon:
Escudo de verde, armação de moinho de negro, cordoada e vestida de prata, acompanhada em chefe de duas cruzes da Ordem dos Templários, de vermelho, debruadas de prata, e em ponta de uma estrela de oito pontas de ouro, dentro de uma caderna de crescentes de prata envolvida por dois ramos de videira, folhados e frutados de ouro. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas : “ VENTOSA - ALENQUER “.
Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on September 6, 1995.
The arms show two Templar crosses, as the region historically was owned by the Knights Templar. The grapes in the base symbolise the importance of viticulture for the area. The windmill blades symbolise the many windmills in the municipality as well as the cultivation of wheat.
The eight-pointed star between crescents is taken from the arms of the Carvalhos family. Sebastião José de Carvalho, Viscount of Chanceleiros, lived and died in the village. He is famous for his work to improve grape varieties that are resistant against Philoxera. The grapes thus also symbolise his work.
Literature : image provided by Sergio Horta