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![[Alvito commune]](../images/p/pt-avtav.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Dec 2007
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white background (village rank)
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Dec 2007
![[Alvito commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-avtav).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 4 Dec 2007
The arms are Vert a bull passant Argent and in chief a spider Or, web of the Same. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "FREGUESIA DE ALVITO".
Meaning:
The word "alvito" has Arabic origin and it's not unique to this town. It may be interpreted as a diminutive of "alvo" (arch. for"white"), which may account for the white bull in the arms from some local legend - it wouldn't be the sole case of such canting Portuguese subnational heraldry: cp. the anagrammatic grenade tree in the arms of Amadora.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Dec 2007
Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1996.06.15.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Dec 2007
Alvito Commune is one of the two communes of the the homonymous municipality (q.v.). It had 1630 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 136,39 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 Dec 2007
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