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image by
Dirk Schönberger, 26 October 2010
Source:
http://www.guialopesdalaguna.ms.gov.br/conteudo.php?COD_CONTEUDO=36
A dark blue flag, horizontally banded light three equally spaced red stripes, bordered yellow, and the municipal arms on a yellow triangle extending from the hoist..
Official website at
http://www.guialopesdalaguna.ms.gov.br/.
Dirk Schönberger, 26 October 2010
The municipality of Guia Lopes da Laguna (1,211 sq. km) is located in
southwestern Mato Grosso do Sul, 230 km of Campo Grande.
Guia Lopes da
Laguna was founded in 1937 during the building of the road linking Aquidauana,
Porto Murtinho and Bela Vista. The 1st Company of the 4th Sappers Regiments set
up on the right bank of River Miranda a camp that transformed into a small
settlement The first colonists were José Francisco Lopes (the son of Guia Lopes,
recorded as the first colonist of the area), Jaime Artigas, Basílio Barbosa, Aurélio Rodrigues de Souza, Ozias de Souza Santos and
Osvaldo Fernandes Monteiro. The settlement was named Guia Lopes da Laguna on
19 March 1938. "da Laguna" recalls that José Francisco Lopes, better known as
Guia [Guide] Lopes was one of the heroes of the episode known as Laguna
Withdrawal ("Retirada da Laguna"), which occurred between 8 May and 11 June
18967 during the Paraguayan War. After having invaded the Paraguayan
territory, the column led by Guia Lopes operated a strategic withdrawal to
avoid being slaughtered by the outnumbering enemies. The municipality of
Guia Lopes de Laguna was established by State Law No. 678 of 11 December
1953.
The symbols of
Guia Lopes da Laguna were designed by Arcinóe Antônio Peixoto de Faria. The flag was designed according to the traditions of the Portuguese
heraldry. The coat of arms represents the municipal power, placed on a yellow
triangle representing the seat of the municipality. The stripes represent the
rural estates located on the municipal territory.
http://www.guialopesdalaguna.ms.gov.br/conteudo.php?COD_CONTEUDO=36 -
Municipal website
The coat of arms is "A Samnitic shield surmounted with
a six-towered mural crown argent. The field azure, in the middle a star
argent issuant from sinister charged with an escutcheon azure and three stars
or 2 + 1, surmounting a military equipment made of a cannon or over two guns
and one sword argent, adextered a drum argent, in chief three escutcheons,
dexter argent a bend azure charged with three crescents or between two lions
affronty gules, middle argent a cross gules bottony vert, sinister argent a
lion rampant gules, in base a triple mantle or a fess wavy azure. The shield
supported by staffs sable per saltire each bearing a flag vert charged with a
lozenge or and the arms of the Brazilian Empire. Below the shield a scroll
gules inscribed in letters argent the toponym 'GUIA LOPES DA LAGUNA'
surrounded by the years '1938' and '1953'."
The Samnitic shield,
introduced from France to Portugal, symbolizes the Latin race as the main
colonist and founder of the Brazilian nation. The mural crown is the heraldic
representation of power; its six towers represent a town of third rank, that
is the seat of a municipality. Azure (blue) is a symbol of justice,
nobleness, perseverance, zeal and loyalty. The guiding star is charged
with the arms of Guia Lopes, the namesake of the municipality, making the
arms canting. The military equipment recalls the Laguna Withdrawal led by Guia Lopes. Argent (silver) represents peace, friendship, work, prosperity,
purity and religious feeling. Or (gold) is a symbol of glory, splendor,
highness, wealth and sovereignty. The three escutcheons are the arms of the
Barbosa, Bulhões, Lopes, and Silva families, as a tribute to the founders
Fábio Martins Barbosa, José Antônio de Bulhões, Pery José da Silva, José
Francisco Lopes, and many others. Gules (red), incidentally used for the
charges of the three escutcheons, symbolizes commitment, patriotic feeling,
audacity, intrepidness, courage and valiance. Vert (green), used in the
Bulhões arms, is a symbol of honor, civility, courtesy, abundance and joy, as
well as the the symbol of hope, alluding in the greenness of the field in
spring, promising good harvest. The triple mantle or (gold) represents the
Serra de Maracajú, crossing the eastern part of the municipal territory,
while the fess wavy azure (blue) represents River Miranda, in the valley of
which the town was built. The Imperial flags are a tribute to Guia Lopes.
The scroll bears the dates of establishment and political emancipation of the
municipality, respectively.
The drawing of the coat of arms does not
completely match the blazon. The charges on the star are hardly visible, the
dexter escutcheon in chief is completely different and the fess wavy in base
is represented argent instead of azure. Oddly enough, the drawing of the flag
has the coat of arms matching the description.
http://www.guialopesdalaguna.ms.gov.br/conteudo.php?COD_CONTEUDO=37 -
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 28 January 2012
