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![[Alvite (Moimenta da Beira) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-mbrav.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of green and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2025
Shield Argent a hood Sable, flanked by two branches of Spanish heath Vert blossomed Purpure, on base a plough Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "ALVITE - MOIMENTA DA BEIRA".
Meaning:
The hood probably is an attribute of St. Amarus the Pilgrim, the local patron saint. The heath (Latin: Erica Australis) is symbolising local flora, the plough agriculture.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 18 May 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2025
Alvite is one of the 13 communes of Moimenta da Beira Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 1027 inhabitants in 2021 and covers &22,31nbsp;km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 Feb 2025
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