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February 2012
Source:
http://www.fontouraxavier.rs.gov.br/portal1/municipio/hino_brasao.asp?iIdMun=100143157
The municipality of Fontoura Xavier (10,712 inhabitants in 2010; 58,347 ha)
is located 200 km north-west of Porto Alegre. The municipality is divided in the
districts of Fontoura Xavier (seat), Picada Silveira, Gramado São Pedro, Campo
Novo, and Três Pinheiros.
Fontoura Xavier was established on 5 July 1922
as Getúlio Vargas, the 5th district of Soledade. The municipality of Fontoura
Xavier was established by State Law No. 4,974 promulgated on 9 July 1965.
http://www.fontouraxavier-rs.com.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020
The town's namesake is the journalist, poet and diplomat
Antônio Vicente da Fontoura Xavier (1856-1922). Author of the anti-monarchic
rhymed pamphlet "O Régio Saltimbanco" (1887), he translated into Portuguese
works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire and William Shakespeare.
The
flag and arms of Fontoura Xavier are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 154
promulgated in 1979.
In compliance with the Portuguese heraldic
traditions, and their inherited canons and rules, municipal flags have to be
divided in eight or six horizontal stripes, quartered or divided in three parts,
featuring the same colors as the field of the coat of arms and in the center a
geometrical figure inscribing the municipal coat of arms.
The flag of
Fontoura Xavier is quartered per saltire. The coat of arms applied in the flag's
center represents the municipal government. The white circle is a symbol of
eternity in heraldic science as a geometric figure without either beginning or
end; white is a symbol of peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and
religious feeling. The white stripes charged with red stripes quartering the
flag represent the spread of municipal power all over the territory. Red is a
symbol of dedication, patriotic love, audacity, intrepidity, courage and
valiance, while the quarters represent the rural estates scattered over the
municipal territory. Green is a symbol of glee, abundance, honor and courtesy;
green also symbolizes hope as greening fields in spring promising profuse
harvests.
http://www.fontouraxavier-rs.com.br/cidade-simbolos/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020