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Flag: Quartered red over blue, arms in center. Coat of
arms: argent, on a saltire of palm leaves vert cornered by four
lions gules, passant and armed with swords argent, an eschuteon
argent charged with a saltire of five blue rounels and bordered or,
argent mural crown of four towers (town
status), argent scroll reading "LEAL E VALOROSA VILA DE CAMPO MAIOR", over a smaller scroll reading "LEALDADE
E VALOR", meaning «loyal and brave town of Campo Maior | Loyalty and Bravery».
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Oct 1998
Campo Maior, which means "Larger Field" (as in battle field), is
a border municipality, often under spanish invasion or occupation.
The unusual scrolls refer to this. It has 8490 inhabitants in 247
km2 and belongs to the old province of
Alto Alentejo, to the region to be of
Alentejo and to the current
Portalegre District.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 3 Oct 1998
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