Alentejo (Portugal)

Last modified: 2005-04-29 by antónio martins
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• Alentejan heraldic motives

• Municipalities of Alentejo:
  • Alandroal
  • Alcácer do Sal
  • Aljustrel
  • Almodôvar
  • Alter do Chão
  • Alvito
  • Arraiolos
  • Arronches
  • Avis
  • Barrancos
  • Beja
  • Borba
  • Campo Maior
  • Castelo de Vide
  • Castro Verde
  • Crato
  • Cuba
  • Elvas
  • Estremoz
  • Évora
  • Ferreira do Alentejo
  • Fronteira
  • Gavião
  • Grândola
  • Marvão
  • Mértola
  • Monforte
  • Montemor-o-Novo
  • Mora
  • Moura
  • Mourão
  • Nisa
  • Odemira
  • Olivença (claim)
  • Ourique
  • Ponte de Sor
  • Portalegre
  • Portel
  • Redondo
  • Reguengos de Monsaraz
  • Santiago do Cacém
  • Serpa
  • Sines
  • Sousel
  • Vendas Novas
  • Viana do Alentejo
  • Vidigueira
  • Vila Viçosa
• Districts of Alentejo:
  • Beja District
  • Évora District
  • Portalegre District
  • (part of) Setúbal District (clickable map)
• Portuguese subnational flags
• Portugal

Alentejan heraldic motives

In this plain and rich region took place the largerst part of the “Reconquer” crusade after Portugal become independent. Dead moor are very often in local coats of arms — in Algarve, the southernmost region, coats of arms tend to bear upright and living heads of moor and christian kings — much more pollitically correct... Considering that Alentejo is traditionally a not very religious, communist oriented region, it is very strange why this kind of intolerant and nationalist coats of arms were not changed at all...
António Martins, 06 Nov 1998