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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms
centered on a plain green background. The coat of arms is sable on a
mond vert issuant from a counterchief sable a tree (what kind?) sable
flanked by two castles argent masoned sable each above a fortress
likewise, in chief an escutcheon with Portugal modern flanked by a sun
or sinister and a moon argent dexter and by a pair of eight pointed
stars or. Mural crown argent with five visible towers
(city rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "ESTREMOZ".
António Martins, 06 Sep 2003
This is the kind of cluttered heraldic achievements that apparently are
favoured by the Portuguese Heraldry Institute—
António Martins, 06 Sep 2003
I’ve just been to and I can say, to the Institute’s defense,
that a very old looking church in the village (either romanic or gothic
style, I wasn’t sure), near the castle and the pousada,
is ornated with a rectangular stone upon which were carved the elements of
the current coat-of-arms, although I think the portuguese shield was simpler,
perhaps only a quina. The stone looked
quite worn and I don’t think it would have been a modern installation:
I think the current arms are based to a large extent in an older mediaeval
grant.
João Madureira, 09 Sep 2003
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Estremoz municipality had 14 960 inhabitants in 1990, and it is
divided in 13 communes, covering 514 km2. It belongs to the
Évora District and to the old province of
Alto Alentejo.
António Martins, 06 Sep 2003
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