Sé e São Pedro

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SÉ E SÃO PEDRO

Municipality : Évora
District : Évora

Official blazon
Portuguese	Escudo de vermelho, com colunata de onze colunas da ordem compósita, com arquitrave, assentes sobre pódio, tudo de prata, lavrado e guarnecido de negro; em chefe, rosa heráldica de prata, botonada do campo, brocante a duas chaves, uma de ouro, outra de prata, passadas em aspa e com os palhetões para cima; em campanha, livro de ouro aberto. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro:«Sé e São Pedro - Évora».
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 26, 2007.

The crossed keys refer to Sao Pedro, or St Peter, who holds the keys of the Gates of heaven. The columns and plinth beneath the keys refer to the Roman Temple adjacent to the cathedral (Se), and is symbolic of Evora itself.

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