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image by Ivan Sache,
21 January 2012
based on http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari
Dark blue over red, a white triangle extending from the hoist, on the triangle the municipal arms.
Official website at http://www.guarapari.es.gov.br. The flag is shown on Wikipedia at http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari.
Dirk Schönberger, 25 March 2010
The municipality of Guarapari (104,534 inhabitants in 2009; 592 sq. km) is
located in southern Espírito Santo, 50 km south of Vitória. The municipality,
part of Greater Vitória, is made of the town of Guarapari proper and of the
rural districts of Rio Calçado and Todos os Santos (Law No. 779, December
1953).
Guarapari was founded by Francisco Gil de Araújo, who built a
church in 1677 and founded the "vila" in 1679. The settlement was
successively named Vila dos Jesuítas, Aldeia de Nossa Senhora, Aldeia de
Santa Maria de Guaraparim, Guaraparim, Goaraparim, and, eventually, Guarapari.
The municipality was officially established by State Decree on 29 February
1948. Guarapari is named for the Tupi words "guara", "a scarlet ibis", and
"pari", "a net", probably referring to a place where the natives used to
capture those birds with nets.
The coat of arms was slightly redesigned in 2008. The
first coat of arms of Guarapari is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 484,
adopted in 1968. The shield is surmounted by a five-towered mural crown or.
The shield is of Portuguese Flemish Iberic shape, with the upper field or -
representing the resources of the soil -, charged with a scarlet ibis ["guará"]
- the namesake of the municipality, looking sinister, standing on a terrace
azure - representing the blue sea. The shield is supported dexter by a branch
of coffee fructed and sinister by a branch of cassava, the two proper,
representing the main products of the inner part of the municipality. A
scroll azure ending with swallow tails is placed under the shield, inscribed
with the Latin motto "PER ORAS SANATUR" (Saved from the sea), flanked dexter
with "GUARAPARI" and sinister with "1969", all the writings or.
In
2007/2008, the Municipal Council, when updating the municipal legislation,
found that the coat of arms did not comply with the Federal Law on the
municipal coat of arms. Three months later, the amended coat of arms was
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 2,889 as follows.
"Portuguese Flemish
iberic shield with the upper part rectilinear and the lower part curvilinear,
recalling the Portuguese origin and colonization, the main element of
formation of the Brazilian nationality, outlined in sable, per fess with,
predominantly, the metal or, charged with natural elements. On the left
part of the shield is represented the mangrove vegetation, illustrated in
natural colors. On the right part of the shield is represented the sea with a
beach and a mountain, illustrating the natural beauty of Guarapari. In the
middle of the shield is the emblematic element of the local culture, the
scarlet ibis, watching, with confidence, the future of Guarapari. A
five-towered mural crown, argent [...]
A scroll (azure stripe) [described
here as in the previous blazon]. In the points the chronologic abbreviations
"11-05-1891" - the date of political emancipation, and "28-12-1948" - the
date of establishment of the Municipal Council; both or. The shield
flanked by a branch of coffee and a branch of banana.
http://www.guarapari.es.gov.br/v3/index.php/conhecaguarapari/brasao-do-municipio.html
To summarize, the new coat of arms shows a landscape, while
the old one stuck to the principles of western European heraldry, with the use
of generic elements; the bird looks now dexter instead of sinister, the crown
is argent instead of or, the name of the municipality is omitted and new
dates have been added added. The cassava branch is replaced by a banana
branch.
The flag was amended accordingly, although no legal text is
mentioned.
http://www.guarapari.es.gov.br/v3/index.php/conhecaguarapari/logotipo-da-prefeitura.html
Ivan Sache,
21 January 2012
image by Dirk Schönberger,
24 March
2010
based on
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarapari