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 image by Ivan Sache, 3 August 
2020
 image by Ivan Sache, 3 August 
2020The municipality of Redentora (11,629 inhabitants in 2010; 30,264 ha) is 
located 450 km north-west of Porto Alegre.
Redentora was known in the 
early 1800s as Vila Seca (Dry Town), a name referring to the region's limited 
resources in freshwater. The first colonists of the place are Juio de Moura and 
his family, who settled around 1900 a plot belonging to Fazenda dos Borges, a 
domain established in 1870 by Manoel and Ana Belmont Borges.
The district of 
Redenção (Redemption) was established in 1888 within the municipality of 
Palmeira das Missões. In 1943 or 1947, the district was transfered to Três 
Passos and renamed to Redentora after a statue of Christ Redemptor.
The 
municipality of Rendetora was established on 12 April 1964.
https://www.redentora.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Redentora is the birth town of Adão Pretto (1945-2009), one of the founders 
of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra. Elected for the first time in 
1991, Pretto served as a Federal Representative (PT) for six legislatures.
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Politica/0,,MUL987921-5601,00-MORRE+EM+PORTO+ALEGRE+O+DEPUTADO+ADAO+PRETTO.html
G1, 5 February 2009
Ivan Sache, 
3 August 2020
The flag of Redentora is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 355 promulgated on 
25 August 1976.
Article 2.
The features of the 
municipal flag shall obey to the proportions of Law No. 5,443 promulgated on 28 
May 1968, by which the Federal Government prescribed the shape and design of the 
national symbols.
I. The flag shall be rectangular, white, charged in the 
center on both sides with the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by 
Municipal Law No. 252 promulgated in 1972 altered by Law No. 354 promulgated on 
10 August 1976.
II. White represents peace and union among the citizens and 
the coat of arms has its meaning defined in Law No. 252 altered by Law No. 354 
promulgated on 10 August 1976.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/r/redentora/lei-ordinaria/1976/36/355/lei-ordinaria-n-355-1976-institui-a-bandeira-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Redentora is prescribed by 
Municipal Law No. 354 promulgated on 10 August 1976, altering Article 2 of Law 
No. 252 promulgated in 1972.
Article 2.
The municipal coat of arms 
shall be in proportions 18 units in width on 12 units in length, as follows.
I. The coat of arms shall be rectangular, separated from an upper part composed 
of a four-columned fortress and a lower part formed a scroll azure.
II. The 
upper part shall be celestial blue outlined in black, each column representing a 
power: Executive, Legislative, Judiciary, and for the fourth column, the 
Original Power, People's Power.
III. The scroll located beneath the shield 
shall be celestial blue, inscribed with "REDENTIORA", the present-day name of 
the municipality, and, at the ends, with the dates of establishment of the first 
colonist and of creation of the municipality.
IV. The shield shall have the 
three colors of the flag of Rio Grande do Sul: red, yellow and green, arranged 
as follows:
a) In the upper part, a red horizontal stripe charged with an 
Indian, representing the early days of the municipality's history and the 
heroism and the predecessors.
b) In the median part, a yellow horizontal 
stripe identical to the upper one, charged with a tractor, representing the 
municipality's main source of income, manual and mechanized agriculture.
c) 
In the lower part, a green stripe with a semi-circle formed by the shield's 
base, representing vegetation and the resources constituted by Brazilian pines 
and other trees, as well as mate represented by the calabash and straw in the 
Riograndense style.
V. Standing on the scroll placed beneath the shield, two 
green and yellow plants, left, wheat, and right, soybean, the municipality's 
main crops and sources of income.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/r/redentora/lei-ordinaria/1976/35/354/lei-ordinaria-n-354-1976-altera-o-artigo-2-da-lei-municipal-n-252-72-que-institui-o-escudo-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.radioavenida.com.br/post/redentora-vice-prefeito-jaime-jung-assume-a-administração-municipal
https://www.radioaltouruguai.com.br/redentora-decreta-situacao-de-emergencia-devido-a-seca/
http://www.clicportela.com.br/noticia/799/redentora-projetos-so-debatidos-em-reunio-entre-prefeito-e-secretrios 
Ivan Sache, 3 August 2020