Alentejo (Portugal)

Last modified: 2001-09-14 by antonio 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

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