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image by Ivan Sache, 31
July 2020
The municipality of Monte Alegre dos Campos (3,226 inhabitants in 2019;
54,964 ha) is located 150 km north-east of Porto Alegre.
Monte Alegre was
settled in 1820 after the erection of a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Light,
and elevated to a district in 1917 as Villa Esteira.
The tradition recalls
that tropeiro Pedro Zamban was once so warmly welcomed in the place by Valentín
Vieira that he decided to acquire a plot to settle there with his family. During
his subsequent voyages, he used to emphasize the people's hospitality, empathy
and glee ("alegria"), calling the place Monte Alegre.
The municipality of
Monte Alegre dos Campos was established by State Law No. 10,664 promulgated on
28 December 1995, separating from Vacaria. The epithet "dos Campos" (in the
Fields) was added to the municipality's name during the emancipation process.
http://www.montealegredoscampos.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 31 July 2020
The flag of Monte Alegre dos Campos is prescribed by Municipal
Law No. 46 promulgated on 23 September 1997.
Article 1.
The flag of
the municipality of Monte Alegre dos Campos shall have for official colors red,
white and blue, and shall be composed of three panels, inspired by the design
and colors of the flag of Rio Grande do Sul, representing:
a) Blue (azure) is
a symbol of justice, perseverance, zeal, loyalty, community harmony in search of
community objectives, and, geographically, of rivers, also of beauty and
recreation.
b) White is a symbol of peace, friendship, integration, work and
community harmony.
c) Red (gules) is a symbol of dedication, patriotic love,
audacity, intrepidity, courage and valiance.
Article 2.
The flag shall
obey the following rules.
I. The flag shall be composed of three panels: red,
white and blue in usual shades, red and blue forming two triangles, the red
triangle's right angle being placed in the flag's upper left corner and the blue
triangle's right angle in the flag's lower right corner.
II. The shall
featured in the center a white panel charged with the municipal coat of arms.
Article 3.
I. The flag's width shall be of 14 units.
II. The flag's
length shall be of 20 units.
III. The coat of arms shall have a width of 7
units, leaving 3 units above and beneath it.
IV. The lesser side of the red
right-angled triangle, placed on left top, shall be exactly of 7 units. This
holds true for the lesser side of the blue right-angled triangle, placed on
right bottom.
V. The lesser sides of the ascending white quadrilateral placed
between the two right-angled triangles shall also be of 7 units.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/m/monte-alegre-dos-campos/lei-ordinaria/1997/5/46/lei-ordinaria-n-46-1997-institui-a-bandeira-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Monte Alegre dos Campos is
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 45 promulgated on 23 September 1997.
Article 1.
A classical Latin shield surmounted by a mural crown argent with
six towers, four visible. In base a field vert (green) symbolizing the mountains
that are the town's namesake. On this field two stylized Brazilian pines
breaking the soil, as a symbol of forests and ecology. In the center, on a field
azure (blue), Tapirs' River and a bovine cattle, as a symbol of agriculture. In
chief dexter a sun or and sinister a handshake meaning union. The shield
supported dexter and sinister by grapevine and apple branches. Beneath the
shield a scroll gules (red) inscribed argent (silver) with the toponym "Monte
Alegre dos Campos" surrounded by dates "28/12" and "1995".
The coat of
arms shall have the following symbolic interpretation.
a) The classical Latin
shield, used to represent the arms of Monte Alegre dos Campos, originates from
Italy and was introduced all over Europe during the Roman struggles, and
subsequently adopted by other nations, namely to represent arms of domains, and
finally adopted by Brazilian heraldry to evoke one of the colonizing races of
the nation;
b) The mural crown surmounting the shield is the universal symbol
of coat of arms of domains; argent with six towers, four visible in perspective,
it classifies the town as of third rank or municipal seat.
c) Argent (silver)
is a symbol of peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and religious
feeling.
d) Vert (green) recalls the mountains, which are the town's
namesake. The field vert is broken by two Brazilian pines representing the force
of ecology and geography and by a blue stripe representing Tapirs' River. The
farmers and colonists' work is represented by a bovine cattle, symbolizing
agriculture and the rural origins of the municipality.
e) Vert (green) is a
symbol of honor, civility, courtesy, glee, abundance; green also represents hope
as the greening fields and mountains in spring promising profuse harvests.
f)
In chief on a field azure (blue) is featured the symbol of greatness or, the
sun, as a symbol of celebrity, splendor, greatness, command, wealth and
sovereignty. Sinister is represented union, solidarity, friendship and
persistence of the community during the political emancipation, via a handshake
on a field gules (red).
g) Blue (azure) is a symbol of loyalty, sky, and
community harmony in search of humanitarian objectives.
h) The outer
ornaments recall the main products supplied by the generous and fertile soil,
grapes and apples.
i) On a scroll gules (red), in letters argent (silver) the
identifying toponym "MONTE ALEGRE DOS CAMPOS" surrounded by "28/12", the day and
month of creation of the municipality, and "1995", the year of political
emancipation.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/m/monte-alegre-dos-campos/lei-ordinaria/1997/5/45/lei-ordinaria-n-45-1997-institui-o-brasao-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The description of the flag has to be corrected:
"A rising east-west diagonal, red-white-blue, with the municipal arms in the
centre on a grey disk."
There is no gray disc on flags in actual use,
sometimes a white disc. So:
"A rising east-west diagonal, red-white-blue,
with the municipal arms in the centre, sometimes placed on a white disc."
Photos (without disc)
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.566283596820302/2417229855058991/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.566283596820302/2599619653486676/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.447879361994060/2462712627177380/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.447879361994060/1453647944750525/?type=3&theater
image by Ivan Sache, 31
July 2020
Photos (with disc)
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.751871818261478/751872394928087/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeitura.mac/photos/a.502778706504125/506122582836404/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 31 July 2020