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CRATO E MÁRTIRES

Municipality : Crato

District : Portalegre

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Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially registered on April 23, 1997.

The arms show the cross of the Knights of St John of Malta, as the order owned the village for about 6 centuries. The palm leaves symbolise the martyrs, as the local parish is devoted to Our lady of the Martyrs.

Literature : image provided by Sergio Horta