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Dirk Schönberger, 29 August 2010Source: adapted from http://www.neves.mg.gov.br
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image by
Dirk Schönberger, 29 August 2010
Source:
adapted from
http://www.neves.mg.gov.br
A white flag with the municipal arms centred.
The official site is at
http://www.neves.mg.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger,
29 August 2010
The municipal website includes a comprehensive description of the flag and
arms.
The flag of Ribeirão das Neves is white with the municipal coat of
arms in the middle. The coat of arms represents the municipal government and its
power all over the municipal territory. The composition of the flag is a symbol
of eternity, white representing peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and
religious feeling.
The coat of arms of Ribeirão das Neves is made of a
shield of Flemish-Iberio Portuguese shape, used in modern Brazilian heraldry as
a tribute to the early Portuguese colonists, surmounted by a white five-towered
mural crown, flanked by two Macaúba palms (Acrocomia
aculeata (Jacq.)
Lodd. ex Mart.), and surmounting a white scroll charged with the blue writing
"12-12 RIBEIRÃO DAS NEVES 1953". The field of the shield is azure, symbolizing
justice, nobleness, perseverance, zeal and loyalty. In the point of the shield,
a white factory represents an industrial complex and the industrialization of
the municipality. The sun placed between the two chimneys of the factory
represents the beauty and the potential of the municipality. Two wavy stripes
argent symbolizes the rivers watering the municipality. The chief or symbolizes
the wealth expected for the future. It is charged with a triangle gules
representing the State of Minas Gerais.
Ivan Sache, 30 August 2010
