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image by Ivan Sache,
8 August 2020
The municipality of Vila Nova do Sul (4,221 inhabitants in 2010; 52,394 ha)
is located 270 km of Porto Alegre.
Vila Nova do Sul was established as
São João Velho (Old Saint John), to be renamed in 1916 to Vila Nova (New Town)
when restructured and elevated to a "vila" part of the municipality of São Sepé.
The emergence of the town is credited to João Vicente da Silveira.
https://www.vilanovadosul.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 8 August 2020
The flag and arms of Vila Nova do Sul are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 12
promulgated on 12 February 1993.
Article 3.
The flag of the
municipality shall measure 1.60 m on 1.30 m.
Article 4.
The features
of the flag of the municipality shall obey the following rules.
I - The
flag's width is 14 units.
II - The flag's length is 20 units.
III - The
flag shall have a white background, charged in the center with the coat of arms
of the municipality. The shield's upper part shall be distant of 4 units from
the flag's border and 3.5 units from the flag's lower edge, as prescribed in
Article 5 of this Law.
Article 5.
The symbol of the municipality is a
Portuguese shield obeying the following prescriptions.
I - The shield shall
be of 6.5 units in width and 5 units in length, being divided into three fields,
as follows.
a) The first field, in width 2.5 unit shall feature in upper left
part a anthill of 0.4 unit on 0.4 unit, distant of 0.5 unit from the shield's
edge.
On the right, a height of 1.3 unit in length. The anthill and the
height placed on a golden yellow background.
In the base of this field, two
stripes, red and dark green. The red stripe shall have a width between 0.2 unit
and 0.3 unit. The dark green stripe shall have a constant width of 0.3 unit.
b) The second field, in width 1.6 unit, features on the left two crossed miner's
picks on a golden yellow background, on the right a cow in the same dimensions
as the picks.
The picks and cows have for dimensions 1.2 unit.
c) The
third field in height 2.3 units, light green, features on the right a lamb in
dimensions 1.0 unit on 1.0 unit, with St. John's emblem.
d) Crossing the
second and third fields, from right to left, east-west, a black stripe with a
yellow stripe in the center representing BR 90, road Osvaldo Aranha that links
the capital of the state to the Southern Cone. Width, 0.60 unit.
II -The
shield supported left by a maize plant and right by a rice plant, the two of 4.5
units in height on 0.5 unit in length. Distant of 0.3 unit from the shield's
lateral border, two crossed lances, in their upper part 2.5 units on 0.05 unit
in thickness.
The lances bear red pennants in dimensions 2 units, 1.3 unit
and 1.0 unit, respectively, and two indigenous arrows with bone points of 1.5
unit in length.
Beneath the shield, a red scroll inscribed left "1876" and
right "20 de março de 1992 Vila Nova do Sul". The scroll shall have a length of
6.0 units in the lower part on 0.8 unit in width and 2.0 units on 0.8 unit
inscribed with the dates.
In the lower part of the shield, the lances are 2.2
units in length on 0.1 unit, broken by the scroll with inscription. The upper
part of the scroll is distant of 0.1 unit from the shield's lower part.
The
letters and numbers contained on the scroll are 0.4 unit in height on 0.2 unit
in length.
The shield is surmounted by a crown argent with three castles and
ten crenels. The castle's lower part is divided into three parts, the first of
5.0. units in length and 0.2 unit in length, distant of 0.3 unit from the
shield. The two lateral castles are 1.0 unit in height with 0.4 unit added for
the towers, on 0.8 unit in length. The central castle is 1.0 unit in height with
1.0 unit added in length for the tower on 0.4 unit in height.
III - The
interpretation of the symbol of the municipality shall be the following.
A
Portuguese shield divided into three fields. On the first field, the anthill
represents union of the citizens who form a community. The height represents the
achievements obtained through collective work. In the second field, two miner's
picks representing gold and limestone extraction in the municipality.
In the
third field, the lamb with St. John's emblem recalls the first name given to the
place, São João Velho (Old Saint John).
The wheat and maize plants represent
the municipality's main crops. The lances with pennants and the indigenous
arrows represent tradition, based on indigenous customs bequeathed by the
Indians (first settlers of the place), and the defenders of the national
territory against invaders.
On the shield's top, the mural crown and the
three castles represent force, courage and bravery required to defend the land.
Year "1876" is the first record of the place as São João Velho.
Year "1992"
is the creation of the municipality of Vila Nova do Sul following the political
emancipation of Vila Nova.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/v/vila-nova-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/1993/2/12/lei-ordinaria-n-12-1993-cria-os-simbolos-municipais-de-vila-nova-do-sul-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
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