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7 November 2021 
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Ivan Sache,
7 November 2021
The municipality of Siderópolis (13,068 inhabitants in 2010; 26,270 ha) is located 220 km south-west of Florianópolis.
Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021
A blue-white-red horizontal triband, with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.sideropolis.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger,
14 August 2012
The flag of Siderópolis is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 345 promulgated
on 5 September 1973.
Article 1.
The flag of the municipality of
Siderópolis shall be composed of three adjacent horizontal panels, the upper
stripe "azure", the lower stripe "purpure", and the middle stripe "vert",
charged with the coat of arms of Siderópolis.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sideropolis/lei-ordinaria/1973/35/345/lei-ordinaria-n-345-1973-institui-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-sideropolis
Leis Municipais database
The flag in actual use is horizontally
divided blue-white-red (1:2:1) with the municipal arms in the center.
Photos
https://ndmais.com.br/saude/prefeito-de-sideropolis-helio-cesa-testa-positivo-para-a-covid-19/
http://jinews.com.br/noticia/raoni-ganha-primeira-medalha-da-historia-da-natacao-de-sideropolis
The coat of arms of Siderópolis is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 217
promulgated on 24 February 1966.
Article 2.
The coat of arms of the
town and municipality of Siderópolis has the following description
Heraldic
description: A rounded-off shield.
Divisions:
1. Argent a red Latin cross
2. Or a black bucket shovel and truck
3. Green a farmer using a hoe
4.
Blue a yellow torch inflamed proper hold by a hand proper
Mural crown:
Masoned or with four towers, proper to municipalities, haloed in blue.
Motto: "Tendens Ad Sidera", in red on a blue scroll.
Supporting memoir.
The rounded-off shield, used by so many Brazilian municipalities and also
called "Portuguese", recalls the most legitimate sources of our nation. The
blue halo evokes the blue cloak of Our Lady of the Apparition, the town's
patron saint.
The red cross is a symbol of Christian faith, served by
Siderópolis' earlier and present-day's inhabitants and of the presence of the
Orionina congregation in the municipality.
The red cross on a white field
symbolizes eager charity and pure faith, as the Orionina symbol.
The shovel
and truck represent, through "Marion", Siderópolis' pride, the labor of the
coal miners of the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and of Carbonífera Treviso SA
and of all coal miners working in the municipality. Coal extraction was a
continuous incentive moving the municipality's development.
The farmer using
a hoe evokes and honors the municipality's pioneer colony. Agriculture was the
first activity of the Italian immigrants who claimed the land forming today the
municipality of Siderópolis. Thousands of inhabitants of the town still
dedicate themselves to noble and healthy agriculture.
The torch is the
heraldic symbol of knowledge and highest ideals, recalling the municipality's
schools and teachers and the value of study for the inhabitants, as well as the
liberty and democracy ideals.
The four colors of the shield's background are
those of the Brazilian flag, green, yellow, blue and white, highlighting
national loyalty.
The supporters, wheat and coffee plants, are those of the
Santa Catarina flag, highlighting the inseparable link with the state.
The
motto, reading "Aspiring to Height", literally "Holding to the Stars", a verse
from Virgil's Aeneid, synthesizes people's aspirations.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sideropolis/lei-ordinaria/1966/22/217/lei-ordinaria-n-217-1966-institui-brasao-de-armas-para-o-municipio-de-sideropolis
Leis Municipais database
The complete quote (Aeneid I, 97) is "Et
duplices tendens ad sidera palmas" (Holding his two palms to the stars).
Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021
