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Source: Official city website,
http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/pcr/secimprensa/noticias/simbolos.html.
Coat of arms at same page.
Dov Gutterman, 5 December 2000
From
www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/6271/simbolos.htm:
The flag was approved by law no. 11210 of 15 December 1973.
It is a vertical triband of blue, white, and blue, the colors of the
Pernambuco state flag, as well as of the sky and of peace.
On the white band is a crowned golden lion, taken from the arms
of the Netherlands (which held Recife from 1630 to 1654) and specifically
representing Prince Maurice of Nassau. The lion also alludes to Recife's
nickname "the lion of the north," from its involvement in various revolutionary struggles.
The red cross symbolizes Portuguese colonialism,
which brought Christianity to the area. The words coming out of the lion's mouth, virtus et fides,
translates as "strength and faith."
On the blue band in the hoist is a yellow star and on that in the fly a yellow sun, both taken from the
Pernambuco state flag. The star also symbolizes
Brazil itself, which Pernambucans consider to have had its roots as an independent
country in the Pernambucan Revolution (1817)
Joseph McMillan, 17 March 2002
