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image by Dirk Schönberger, 2
February 2012
Source:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruzeiro_do_Sul_(Rio_Grande_do_Sul)
The municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul (12,320 inhabitants in 2010; 15,520 ha)
is located 130 km of Porto Alegre.
Cruzeiro do Sul was established, as
São Gabriel de Estrela, by Laura Centeno de Azambuja (1800-1887), whose family
owned the São Gabriel fazenda. As a reward for the safe return of her three sons
from the Paraguayan War (1864-1870), Laura offered a plot for the erection of a
chapel dedicated to Archangel St. Gabriel. Authorized by permission granted on
24 July 1883 by Sebastião Dias Laranjeira, Bishop of São Pedro de Rio Grande do
Sul, the chapel was built at Laura's expenses. Laura Centeno de Azambuja passed
away on 27 June 1887 and was interred in "her" chapel.
On 12 October 1892,
the Azambuja family offered to the municipality of Lajeado plots to establish a
square and public buildings. On 30 October 1892, Bishop Claudio José Ponce de
Leo allowed the establishment of a cemetery on a plot offered by Primórdio
Centeno Xavier de Azambuja. The new town was eventually designed by the land
surveyor Giulherme H. Rochett.
São Gabriel de Estrela was elevated to the
6th district of Lajeado by Municipal Act No. 6 issued on 12 August 1922. To
prevent confusion with the town of São Gabriel, the place was renamed to
Cruzeiro do Sul (Southern Cross) by Decree No. 7,842 issued on 30 June 1939.
Arbitrarily renamed to Setembrina, Cruzeiro do Sul reinstated its original name
by Municipal Law No. 99 promulgated on 16 April 1949.
The municipality of
Cruzeiro do Sul was established by State Law No. 4,615 promulgated on 22
November 1963, and inaugurated on 22 March 1964.
https://www.cruzeiro.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 14 July 2020
An ascending diagonal triband, blue-white-blue flag with the municipal arms in the centre.
Dirk Schönberger,
1 February 2012
The municipal coat of arms features the Southern Cross (Cruzeiro do Sul) and
the Morro House, built for Lieutenant-Colonel Primórdio Centeno Xavier de
Azambuja, the son of Laura and João Xavier Azambuja.
In 1872, returning from
the Paraguayan War, Azambuja built an estate on river Taquari, close to a fig
tree indicating the road to Mariante. One year later, the estate was damaged by
a big flood of the river, which prompted Azambuja to move to the heights of the
town. It took some five years to build the new houses.
Azambuja died on 15
May 1898, leaving in the house his widow Leocádia Villanova de Azambuja and
their nine children. After 1914, the house was left uninhabited, attracting
vandals in search of the treasures of the Azambuja family. Rumors spread that
the house was indeed haunted by werewolves and ghosts, most probably to repel
intruders.
Now owned by the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, the Morro House
was incorporated to the municipal historical heritage by Municipal Decree No.
417-02 issued on 27 December 2006.
https://www.cruzeiro.rs.gov.br/casa-do-morro/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 14 July 2020
