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image by Joseph McMillan, 10 February 2002
The municipality of Balneário Camboriú (138,732 inhabitants in 2018; 4,624
ha, therefore the most densely populated municipality in the state) is located
is 80 km north of Florianópolis.
One of the most popular sea resorts in South
America, Balneário Camboriú might have its population increase up to one million
in summertime.
Ivan Sache, 1 November 2021
Municipal law No. 137/70 describes the coat of arms as a Portuguese shield, azure [blue], five bars wavy argent, overall a sun or. The annex to the law says the Portuguese (or Iberian) shield, typical of medieval Portugal, symbolizes the epoch of the discovery and colonization of Brazil. In Brazilian heraldry, it evokes the origin of origin of "our race," to the formation of which the Portuguese provide the primordial ethnic element. Blue represents the sky, because this color, being that of heaven, symbolizes all the ideas that are considered elevated: constancy, love of country, devotion to nobility, fidelity, and sublime and high ideals. The silver of the five wavy bars symbolizes amity, equity, and purity of feeling, attributes consistent with the spirit of the people of the Municipality of Balneário Camboriú. The gold of the sun symbolizes wealth, generosity, happiness, and prosperity. The arms of the municipality, including the description and interpretation, are by the Santa Catarina heraldist Edison Mueller.
Municipal law No. 140/70 of 25 August 1970 created the flag of the Municipality of Balneário Camboriú, with
"the following heraldic description: gyronny blue and white, with the coat of arms of the
municipality, edged in yellow, on the point of honor [center]."
Source: Municipal website (no longer available)
Summarized and translated by Joseph McMillan, 10 February 2002
The flag of Balneário Camboriú is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 140
promulgated on 24 August 1970.
Article 2.
The municipal flag shall
have the following heraldic description: Gyronny azure and argent, charged in
the center with the coat of arms of the municipality outlined in yellow.
Article 3.
The municipal flag's detailed description, as well as its norms of
use, shall be regulated by a Decree of the Executive, in compliance with Federal
Law No. 5,543 promulgated on 28 May 1968.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/b/balneario-camboriu/lei-ordinaria/1970/14/140/lei-ordinaria-n-140-1970-cria-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-balneario-camboriu-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Article 1.
The municipal flag shall have
the following heraldic description: Gironny blue and white, charged in the
center with the coat of arms of the municipality fimbriated sable.
Article 2.
The municipal flag, prescribed by Law No. 140 promulgated on 25
August 1970, in compliance with the best Luso-Brazilian heraldic tradition, has
the following rationale.
I - Gyronny, the flag's quadrilateral field is
divided into eight equal parts shaped like right-angled triangles, each named
gyron, by four rectilinear lines crossing each other in the center, two ot them
connecting the quadrilateral's angles, the two other vertical and horizontal,
both equidistant from the flag's edges.
II - Azure and white, considering
that the colors of an armored flag shall be the basic colors of the featured
municipal arms, in the blazon's natural order, azure (blue, with a shade
intermediate between Prussian blue and ultramarine blue), argent and or. Argent,
on the flags, is usually substituted by white, which matches it on the heraldic
chromatic scale. Accordingly, the upper gyron, at hoist, shall be blue, followed
by a white gyron, and so on.
III - Charged with the coat of arms of the
municipality, which conceals the intersection of the lines forming the gyronny.
IV - The coat of arms of the municipality, prescribed by Law No. 137 promulgated
on 17 July 1970, shall be placed in the flag's center, its outer ornaments
omitted, therefore restricted to the shield proper, described in heraldic
language as "A Portuguese shield, azure five fesses wavy argent superimposed by
a sun or". On the shield, argent shall also be substituted by white and or by
yellow.
V - Bordered yellow, meaning that the shield's field shall be
outlined by a yellow line.
Article 3.
The features of the municipal
flag shall obey the following rules.
I - The flag's width shall be 20 units.
II - The flag's length shall be 28 units.
III - The distance of the shield to
the flag's upper border, outline excluded, shall be 6 units.
IV - The shield,
in compliance with the usual shield's format known as Portuguese or Iberian,
shall be composed of a quadrilateral of 7 units in length on 5 units in width,
in base a semi-circle of 3.5 units in radius.
V - Each of the five fesses
shall be of 0.8 unit in width, and separated from each other by the same
distance. The fesses have their borders composed of alternate concave and convex
curves, three and five, respectively.
VI - The sun featured on the shield
shall be inscribed in an imaginary circumference of 3.5 units in radius.
VII
- The sun disc shall be 1 unit in radius. The 16 points (or sun rays), of 2
units in length, shall be in turn rectilinear and curvilinear. The upper
vertical point shall be rectilinear.
VIII - The distance of the sun's center
to the shield's upper border shall be 4 units, and 3.5 units to the lateral
borders.
IX - The shield's outline, yellow, shall be 0.1 unit in width.
X
- The circumference of the sun's central disc and the sun's human attributes
shall be bordered in black.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/b/balneario-camboriu/decreto/1970/14/141/decreto-n-141-1970-regulamenta-a-lei-n-140-de-25-de-agosto-de-1970-que-criou-a-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Balneário Camboriú is
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 137 promulgated on 17 July 1970.
Article
1.
The symbol of the municipality shall be a coat of arms with the following
heraldic characteristics: A Portuguese shield azure charged with five fesses
wavy argent superimposed by a sun or. A mural crown or filled gules, with four
towers, each with three crenels and an open gate gules. The writing "BALNEÁRIO
CAMBORIÚ" in black on a scroll azure.
Article 2.
The description of
the coat of arms is given in the Appendix, which is part of this Law.
Appendix.
Meaning of the coat of arms.
[Redundant explanation skipped]
Portuguese shield.
Also called Iberian among other names, because it is
characteristically peninsular and has been widely used since the Middle Ages in
Portugal, especially at the time of discovery and colonization of Brazil
according to our heraldists, and therefore the best representation for our
towns. In Brazilian heraldry, it evokes the origin of the nation, to which the
Portuguese contributed as a fundamental component.
Azure.
Azure, the
color of the sky, symbolizes all elevated ideals: constancy, patriotic love,
noble devotion, loyalty and high and sublime proposals.
Five fesses wavy.
(...]
Argent.
Argent is a symbol of friendship, equity and pure
feelings, which are attributes of the spirit of Balneário Camboriú's people.
The combination of charges and colors, purely heraldic, suggests the
privileged geographic location of the municipality, characterizing the mildness
of the climate and the munificence of the beach, synthesized in two worlds, sun
and sea.
Outer ornaments of the shield.
1 - Mural crown or.
The
private and consecrated emblem of municipalities and their administrative
autonomy. In compliance with heraldic use, the wall and the towers are masoned
in black.
2 - Filled gules.
The inner part of the mural crown has a
different color, here gules (red).
[...]
Observation.
The project
of coat of arms of the municipality of Balneário Camboriú, its descriptive and
interpretative parts included, was completed by the Santa Catarina heraldist
Edison Müller.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/b/balneario-camboriu/lei-ordinaria/1970/14/137/lei-ordinaria-n-137-1970-adota-escudo-simbolo-brasao-do-municipio-revoga-a-lei-n-99-69-de-10-de-junho-de-1969-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
This Law abrogated Municipal Law No. 99
promulgated on 10 June 1969, which prescribed the first coat of arms of the
municipality. The coat of arms is not described in the text.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/b/balneario-camboriu/lei-ordinaria/1969/9/99/lei-ordinaria-n-99-1969-institui-o-brasao-do-municipio-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
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https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradebc/photos/a.195334767169666/1832815206754939/?type=3&theater
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Ivan Sache, 1 November 2021
