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![[Elvas municipality]](../images/p/pt-elv.gif)
City rank, honoured with the Order of Tower and
Sword. The flag is all red and the coat of arms is most unusual — not for
it’s shape, but for the charges themselves:
gules, on a ground vert, a knight riding a horse sable, passant, dressed or
with quinas and ornamented azure, the
knight dressed argent, holding a banner of Portugal
ancient in his sinister and holding a sword argent in his dexter. In a
bordure argent, the inscription "CVSTODI NOS DOMINE VT PUPILLAM
OCULI", meaning «Guard us, o Lord, as the spot of your eye», all in
capitals sable, and with a cross patte sable, in the center top. Scroll reading
"CIDADE DE ELVAS" in black capitals surrounds the
collar.
António Martins, 06 Nov 1998
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
Elvas is a quite important small city, capital of a municipality that
neighbours Spain, with 631 km2 and 24 240
inhabitants in 11 communes. Currently belongs to the Portalegre
district, its included in the traditional province Alto
Alentejo, and will be in the future region Alentejo.
António Martins, 06 Nov 1998