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by Dirk Schönberger, 29 June 2010Source: http://www.estiva.mg.gov.br/simbolos.html
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by Dirk Schönberger, 29 June 2010
Source:
http://www.estiva.mg.gov.br/simbolos.html
Horizontal tricolor, white-light blue-white, 1-2-1, with a central white disk bearing the municipal shield.
Official website at
http://www.estiva.mg.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger,
29 June 2010
The municipality of Estiva (10,844 inhabitants in 2010; 245 sq. km) is
located in south-southwestern Minas Gerais, 400 km of Belo Horizonte.
Estiva was first settled in 1757 by Domingos Soares. A chapel dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin was built in 1843 by Rosa Maria Lopes, a rich and pious widow who
had settled in Estiva in 1810. In 1853, João Pereira dos Reis, Luís Pereira dos
Reis, Antônia Pereira dos Reis, Joaquim Etelvino Pereira, José Ribeiro Pereira,
José Teodoro Pereira, Francisco Ferreira Pereira and João Galdino Pereira, the
heirs of the Estiva estate, donated on 6 February 1855 55 ha of land to build
what would be the town of Estiva. The district of Capela de Nossa Senhora
Aparecida, part of the municipality of Pousada Alegre, was established by
Provincial Law No. 877 of 8 June 1858 and renamed Estiva in 1923. The
municipality of Estiva was established by State Law No. 336 of 27 December 1948
and inaugurated on 1 January 1949. The district of Pântano, part of Estiva, was
established by State Law No. 1,039 of 12 December 1953 and inaugurated on 13
June 1954.
The symbols of Estiva
are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 6 of 1 September 1976. The escutcheon placed
in the middle of the flag is not the municipal coat of arms but the coat of arms
of the Pereira family. This coat of arms also appears as an escutcheon on the
municipal arms, more complex and irrelevant here. The central emblem should be
similarly represented on the tow sides of the flag. Celeste blue and snowy white
are the original colors of the cloak of the Blessed Virgin, the patron saint of
Estiva under the name of Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of the Apparition).
Blue (azure) is the heraldic symbol of justice, nobleness, perseverance,
incorruptible firmness, dignity, vigilance, zeal, loyalty, beauty and
perfection. White (argent) is the symbol of peace, friendship, innocence,
beauty, felicity, integrity, equity, truth...
http://www.estiva.mg.gov.br/simbolos.html
Ivan Sache,
4 February 2012
