Flag of Brazil

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Flag of Brazil
Flag of Brazil.svg
Vexillological symbol : National flag on land and at sea?
Aspect ratio: 7:10
Officially accepted: Basic design:
November 19, 1889
Current shape:
May 11, 1992
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Presidential flag

The flag of Brazil shows a yellow diamond on a green background.

The colors do not originally represent the green of the vast primeval forests and the numerous mineral resources (yellow) of the country. Rather, green is the color of the House of Braganza , yellow that of the Habsburgs .

description

The blue area in the diamond represents the sky over Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889 at 8:30 a.m. - the place and time of the proclamation of the republic. The image is inverted, as if the viewer were outside the celestial sphere and were looking at Brazil through the constellations arranged on it. The 27 stars stand for the 26 states of Brazil and the federal district . Their number increased from 21 (1889–1960) through 22 (1960–1968) and 23 (1968–1992) to 27 stars (since 1992).

The Portuguese motto ordem e progresso [ɔɾdeĩ i pɾu'gɾɛsu] ( order and progress ) of the white banner goes back to the French Auguste Comte , whose philosophy (the positivism ) adhered to the founding fathers of the republic.

Colours

The colors of the flag are not included in any legal document. Approximate colors are listed below.

colour green yellow blue White
RGB 0/168/89 255/204/41 62/64/149 255/255/255
HEX 00A859 FFCC29 3E4095 FFFFFF
CMYK 100/0/100/0 0/20/100/0 100/100/0/0 0/0/0/0
Pantone Green 355 C Yellow C Blue 280 C White

history

Prototype: Imperial French regimental flag

On the occasion of the declaration of independence from Portugal, the Brazilian Empire adopted a green flag with a yellow diamond on September 18, 1822, the corners of which touched the edge of the flag. The diamond arrangement, which is unusual in vexillology, is said to have been modeled on French regimental flags from the First Empire .

The colors of the flag go back to the Brazilian Emperor Pedro I , who associated green, the color of his house (Bragança), with the yellow of the Habsburgs on the occasion of his marriage to Maria Leopoldine of Austria . A crowned green shield appeared in the center of the flag, surrounded by branches of green coffee and tobacco. On the shield was a white disc with the crimson cross of the Order of Christ in the center. December 1822 the emperor's coat of arms was placed in the middle of the flag.

In 1889 the last Brazilian emperor ( Pedro II ) was overthrown. The republic replaced the imperial coat of arms on the flag with a blue celestial sphere with the stars of the southern sky, crossed by a white ribbon bearing the inscription Ordem e progresso . The stars on the flag represent the sky over Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889, the place and time when the Republic was proclaimed. The yellow diamond on the green area has also been reduced to its current size.

The current representation of the flag was adopted by Flag Act number 8421 on May 11, 1992.

  • Flag of the Princes of Brazil, 1645 to 1815

  • Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil in the United Kingdom , 1816 to 1822

  • Flag of the independent Kingdom of Brazil,
    September 18 to December 1, 1822

  • 1st flag of the Brazilian Empire, December 1, 1822 to approx. 1870

  • 2. Flag of the Brazilian Empire (additional star in the coat of arms), approx. 1870 to
    November 15, 1889

  • 1st flag of the United States of Brazil,
    November 15-19, 1889

  • 2nd flag of the United States of Brazil,
    November 19, 1889
    to April 14, 1960

  • 3rd flag of the United States of Brazil,
    April 14, 1960 to May 28, 1968

  • 1st flag of the Federative Republic of Brazil,
    May 28, 1968 to May 11, 1992

Stars

Constellations in the flag:
1. Prokyon (α Canis Minoris )
2. Big Dog
3. Canopus (α Carinae )
4. Spica (α Virginis )
5. Water snake
6. Southern Cross
7. Sigma Octantis
8. Southern Triangle
9. Scorpio
Flag of Brazil (sphere) .svg
Elements of the Brazilian flag
The largest flag in the country in Brasília
No. Country star Constellation size
01 Pará α Virginis ( Spica ) Virgin ( virgo ) 1
02 Amazon α Canis Minoris ( Prokyon ) Small dog (Canis minor) 1
03 Mato Grosso do Sul α Hydrae ( Alphard ) Water snake (hydra) 2
04th acre γ hydrae 3
05 Mato Grosso α Canis Majoris ( Sirius ) Big dog (Canis Major) 1
06th Amapá β Canis Majoris ( Murzim ) 3
07th Rondônia γ Canis Majoris ( Muliphein ) 4th
08th Roraima δ Canis Majoris ( Wezen ) 2
09 Tocantins ε Canis Majoris ( Adhara ) 2
10 Goiás α Carinae ( Canopus ) Keel of the ship (Carina) 1
11 Bahia γ Crucis ( Gacrux ) Southern Cross (Crux) 2
12 Minas Gerais δ Crucis ( Decrux ) 3
13 Espírito Santo ε Crucis 4th
14th São Paulo α Crucis ( Acrux ) 1
15th Rio de Janeiro β Crucis ( Becrux ) 2
16 Piauí α Scorpii ( Antares ) Scorpion (Scorpius) 1
17th Maranhão β Scorpii ( graffias ) 3
18th Ceará ε Scorpii 2
19th Rio Grande do Norte λ Scorpii ( Shaula ) 2
20th Paraíba κ Scorpii ( Girtab ) 3
21st Pernambuco µ Scorpii 3
22nd Alagoas θ Scorpii ( Sargas ) 2
23 Sergipe ι Scorpii 3
24 Santa Catarina β Trianguli Australis ( Betria ) Southern Triangle
(Triangulum Australe) 		3
25th Rio Grande do Sul α Trianguli Australis ( Atria ) 2
26th Paraná γ Trianguli Australis 3
27 Federal District σ Octantis ( Polaris Australis ) Octant (octane) 5

See also

literature

  • The Flag Institute (ed.): National flags of the world. Edition Maritim, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-89225-402-8 .
  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .
  • Jens Soentgen : The Bandeira Brasileira . In: New Aesthetics. The atmospheric and the art, Festschrift for Gernot Böhme . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7705-3639-8 , pp. 153-172.

Web links

Commons : Flags of Brazil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl D. Goerdeler: The law of happiness . In: Die Zeit , No. 50/2007.
  2. ↑ Flag of Brazil (see CDR or EPS file)
  3. ^ Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, p. 34.