Cross of Alcántara

Form

A green equal-armed cross with the same curling fleury form as Calatrava.

When it is documented

The sign of the Order of Alcántara; see the order’s entry for dates.

Links in the Atlas

• Emblem of Order of Alcántara (Order)

  The cross of the order.

Sources and how they were checked

• Form and colour.

  Production batch 1 manifest, sym-cross-alcantara-green (José de Avilés, Ciencia heroyca, 1780) · batch-1

• The full Calatrava-family form is restored in green. Adapted from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_Calatrava.svg by WarX; SVG optimisation by Smasongarrison (2022). CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Changes: normalized canvas, matte Atlas colour, fine grain, bevel lighting and virtual-light response. Colour adapted to green for Alcántara, consistent with the cited Spanish Army heraldic description. This adaptation is CC BY-SA 3.0. Reference geometry is an artistic exemplar, not proof of an earliest historical date.

  WarX; SVG optimisation by Smasongarrison (2022) — visual reference and artwork credit · checked 2026-10-23 (reference artwork inspected; visual form, not proof of earliest historical use)

• Supports the green colour and fleury form as Spanish Army heraldry describes it for the Alcántara cavalry regiment (it does not date the order's own insignia).

  Spanish Army heraldic description (Regimiento de Caballería Alcántara) · checked 2026-10-23 (heraldic description; not a dated visual facsimile)