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City rank, honoured with the
Order of Tower and Sword. The flag is red
and yellow gyronny and the coat of arms is or, a christian
knight riding a horse sable dressed and haired argent, holding a blood
stained sword; in point, a cut off head of a moor proper and dressed
argent and a cut off head of a christian woman also proper and dressed
argent — both blood stained. No comments about the story this tells…
The scroll reads "MUI NOBRE E SEMPRE LEAL CIDADE DE
ÉVORA", meaning «Most noble and ever loyal city of Evora».
António Martins, 06 Nov 1998
Évora is a large “province” city (by portuguese standards), capital
of a municipality with 1308 km2 and 53 880 inhabitants
in 16 communes. Belongs to the Évora district
and to the traditional province Alto Alentejo
and will be in the future region Alentejo.
António Martins, 06 Nov 1998