Santiago do Escoural

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Portugal - Brasões dos municípios portugueses

SANTIAGO DO ESCOURAL

Municipality : Montemor-o-Novo
District : Évora

Official blazon:
Escudo de prata, com um canto negro carregado com a silhueta de uma cabeça de cavalo, de ouro, o canto entre dois sobreiros arrancados de verde e descortiçados de vermelho; em chefe, uma vieira de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro : “ SANTIAGO DO ESCOURAL “.

Origin/meaning :
The arms were officially granted on August 25, 2001.

The arms show in the chief a scallop, symbol of St. James (Santiago), the local patron saint. The two cork oaks are a symbol for the cork production, but also for the famous pigs of the region. The pigs feed mainly on the acorns.

The horsehead in the point symbolises the ancient rock paintings of, for example, horses in the caves in th eparish.

Literature : image send by Sergio Horta