Coat of Arms
Porto Sant'Elpidio’s coat of arms is relatively recent. It is a Samnite shield; a top band shows the sea, with a boat sailing very simply (it represents the work of fishermen) and the sun. On the lower band, on the red bottom the worker bee is depicted, to signify the laborious nature of Porto Sant'Elpidio's inhabitants. On the top of the shield is the crown to the five towers (they represent the commune) that were approved on May 19, 1965 at the site of the crown to nine blackbirds after the independence from Sant'Elpidio a Mare. Below the shield there is a Latin text In Litore Fulget, or rather “Shines on the beach”, to indicate the city's coast.
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