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![[Avis municipal flag #1]](../images/p/pt-avs.gif) 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Mar 2025 |
![[Avis municipal flag #2]](../images/p/pt-avs1.gif) 2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Mar 2025 |
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag with the coat of arms centred on a green field, not surprisingly.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[Avis municipal CoA]](../images/p/pt-avs).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 11 Mar 2025
The coat of arms has a 4-towered mural crown, a scroll reading "VILA DE AVIS" (see right flag image above)
The shield has a green Avis cross on a white (probably silver in the official description) background,
and an inescutcheon centred in the cross. The inescutcheon is charged with a black eagle over a tree (probably a cork-oak) proper on a golden background.
In a different source, the scroll comes with the inscription "CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE AVIS" and sometimes in a very light yellow instead of white (see left flag image above).
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999
Published in Diário do Govêrno: I Série on 3 July 1934
António Martins-Tuválkin, 11 Mar 2025
Avis today, is a small town by the Maranhão dam, that belongs to the Portalegre district, old province of Alto Alentejo, and possible future region of Alentejo. Historically, though, it’s a very important place, since in the middle ages, it was the headquarters of one of the most important military orders of portuguese history, that even gave birth to one of the 4 portuguese dynasties: the Order of Avis. Today’s municipality has an area of 605,6 km2 and a little over 5500 inhabitants, distributed in 6 communes. The economy is, as far as I know, very rural.
Jorge Candeias, 2 Sep 1998
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