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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 vexillologist
Simas de Azevedo (which proposes 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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