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image by Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022The municipality of Itaperuçu (26,755 inhabitants in 2015; 32,057 ha) is
located 30 km north of Curitiba.
The flag and arms of Itaperuçu are
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 28 promulgated on 17 December 1993.
Article 2.
The flag of the municipality of Itaperuçu shall be rectangular,
with proportions 14 units in width by 20 units in length, pursuant to Article 5
of Federal Law No. 5,700 promulgated in 1971, with the following features.
a)
Quartered by two white stripes of 2 units in width, which intersect in the 6th
unit from the hoist and the 4th unit from the top to the bottom, forming unequal
fields, the upper ones blue, which symbolize the firmament, and the lower ones
green, which represent the municipality's vegetation and agriculture.
b) The
geometric figure at the intersection of the two white stripes is a white circle,
of 7 units in diameter, inscribing the coat of arms of the municipality. The
circle symbolizes eternity, as it has no beginning or end. The coat of arms
applied in the circle represents the municipal government spreading to all
parts.
Article 5.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Itaperuçu,
designed under the coordination of Enciclopédia Simbológica Municipalista
Paranaense - ESIMPAR -, is composed of a Samnite shield, of 8 modules in width
on 7 units in length, divided in three parts, with the following
characteristics.
a) Upper part.
The shield's upper field is horizontally
divided by a black outline in the third unit, forming a rectangle. This field
features three elevations, in green, representing Itaperuçu's green hills;
between the first and second elevations a rising sun proper with the blue sky in
the background.
b) Lower part.
The field's lower field is vertically
divided into two unequal parts by a black outline forming two equal parts.
The lower right side is horizontally divided into two unequal parts by a black
outline in the fifth module. The upper part of the right side, yellow, which
symbolizes wealth, features a factory argent (white) with smoking chimneys,
which represent the Itaperuçu's great cement industry. The right side, brown,
which symbolizes the fertile land, features a tractor argent (white), driven by
a technician, representing mechanized agriculture in the municipality.
The
lower left side features the entrance of a cave argent (white), which represents
Itaperuçu cave; the green part of the entrance of the cave in the form of an
elevation indicates the region's exuberant vegetation. The cave is filled with
brown stones, which represent ore extraction, the municipality's main source of
income. Outlining the stones and the elevation, the horizon is shown in blue.
The shield is surmounted by a mural crown with three visible towers argent
(white), with black gates. The mural crown represents the constituted powers of
the municipality.
On the right side of the shield is a maize plant fructed
proper, on the left side of the shield, there is a bean plant fructed proper.
Both represent the main agricultural resources of the municipality.
At the
lower end of the shield, the red scroll contains the following inscriptions, in
black: "12/10/1990 Itaperuçu - 01/01/1993", which correspond, respectively, to
the date of creation of the municipality, its toponym, and its date of
inauguration.
Blue, the color of the firmament, symbolizes justice,
truth, loyalty, and beauty.
Green denotes faith and symbolizes hope, freedom,
and strength of nature.
Yellow is the image of maturity of judgment,
symbolizing nobleness, magnitude, and wealth.
White, the color of pure light,
symbolizes integrity, obedience, vigilance, peace, and order.
Black belongs
to the domain of intelligence, symbolizing prudence, vigor, and honesty.
Brown represents the earth, being symbolically identified with the virtues and
qualities described for black.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/i/itaperucu/lei-ordinaria/1993/3/28/lei-ordinaria-n-28-1993-dispoe-sobre-os-simbolos-do-municipio-de-itaperucu
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradeitaperucu/photos/1202201503637643
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradeitaperucu/photos/1202200993637694
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradeitaperucu/photos/1167757430415384
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradeitaperucu/photos/1146375185886942
Itaperuçu (then called Tapirussú) cave was visited in 1875 by Engineer Luis
Parigot, who guided Adolpho Lamenha Lins (1845-1881), President (~ Governor) of
the province (1875-1877). The "less known and incompletely explored" cave was
visited again on 10 December 1885 by a group of 30 people led by President
Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843-1899; in office, 1885-1886). In 1908 (Revista
do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo, volume 11), Joaquim José
Carvalho claimed that caves of Antiparos (Greece), Han-sur-Lesse (Belgium), the
Maidens' Cave (France), and Mammoth Cave (Kentucky) "did not exceed in splendor"
Taperussú cave, Hell's cave (Mato Grosso) and Isabel cave (Northern São Paulo)".
http://alessandrocavassin.blogspot.com/2010/06/gruta-de-itaperucu.html
Histórias do Vale do Ribeira Paranaense
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022
