Last modified: 2009-09-12 by antónio martins
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In 1978 emerged in NE Portugal a regionalist movement that used a quite
interesting flag: a horizontal tricolor of green, red and black, with a two
pointed stylized black mountain on the red stripe. This intends to sybolize
the NE region of Portugal, sugestively called
Trás-os-Montes, i.e., beyond the mountains. Portuguese heraldist
Simas de Azevedo (which proposes in [azv9X]
this design for the new administravive region)
interprets the horizontal tricolor as an influence of the spanish autonomic
flags of Extremadura and
Andalucia,but I find it stretchy…
This regionalist movement had a quite small agenda at the beggining: they
called themselves Comissão de Luta e pró-Unidade Militar and
demanded the reopening of a large local military facility — but soon
this organization presented itself as the embryo of a future Comissão
pró-Autonomia do Nordeste Transmontano, i.e., a committee in favour
of the over-the-mountain northeast autonomy. But, alas, as quick as it appeared
it faded out — and nowadays is quite dificult to find information about
this particular organization, one among many other shortlived ones in those
restless portuguese late seventies.
António Martins, 22 Dec 1997
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