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Curitibanos, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

image by Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021

Municipality
Description of the flag

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Municipality

The municipality of Curitibanos is located 300 km west of Florianópolis.

Curitibanos was originally established as Fazenda dos Curitibanos by Captain Antônio Pereira, member of the Lages foundation committee, in a place called Campos dos Curitibanos, used by tropeiros as a resting place. Threatened by the Botocudos natives, the fazenda was abandoned.
Re-settled in 1800, the place was known in 1851 as district of Curitibanos e Campos Novos Reunidos. The parish of Nostra Senhora da Conceição was transformed on 11 June 1869 in the municipality of Curitibanos.

https://www.curitibanos.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021

Description of the Flag

A white flag with an upright red cross and red saltire, all arms with a narrow white core, and with the municipal arms in a white rectangle with a very narrow red edge in the centre.

Official website at http://www.curitibanos.sc.gov.br.
Dirk Schönberger, 4 June 2012

The flag and arms of Curitibanos are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 755 promulgated on 14 August 1968.

Article 1.
The flag and arms of Curitibanos shall have the design and the historical, technical and artistic specifications given in the Appendix [unavailable] to this Law.
1 - On the coat of arms, in the lower left part, "1869" is the year of creation of the municipality; in the lower right part, "1873" is the year of inauguration of the municipality.
2 - The Executive shall let correct the design of the two Brazilian pines surrounded the shield, so that they faithfully represent the Araucaria Brasiliensis type, which is the region's native pine.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/c/curitibanos/lei-ordinaria/1968/76/755/lei-ordinaria-n-755-1968-institui-o-uso-da-bandeira-e-do-brasao-do-municipio-de-curitibanos-autoriza-a-abertura-de-credito-especial-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database

The flag is white with 16 red stripes representing the municipal power, and the coat of arms of the municipality in the center.
The shield is surmounted by eight towers, five visible, indicating the seat of a county.

Argent is a symbol of friendship, equity, justice, innocence and purity. The red chevron recalls the courage, valiance and audacity of the early colonists. In the center, two horses without harness are a symbol of independence and liberty. Black is a symbol of wisdom, simplicity, prudence, honesty and moderation. The Catherine wheel is a symbol of Santa Catarina.

https://www.curitibanos.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/2283
Municipal website

The arms represented in base are those of the town of Curitiba

The flags is subjected to several variations :
- without border around the rectangle (shown above)

Photos
http://asemanacuritibanos.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/2.1200/temos-um-ritmo-de-crescimento-vis%C3%ADvel-no-estado-afirma-dudão-1.2146417
https://www.curitibanos.sc.gov.br/estruturaorganizacional/hotsite/index/codHotsite/6332

Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021

image by Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021

- with a thick border around the rectangle

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecuritibanos/photos/a.2737432989623999/2737437259623572/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecuritibanos/photos/a.2654811824552783/2654813994552566/?type=3&theater

- with a thinner border around the rectangle and a darker shade of red

image by Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021

http://asemanacuritibanos.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/2.1200/curitibanos-sem-desfile-c%C3%ADvico-1.2086522
https://www.portalviapublica.com.br/noticia/curitibanos-em-clima-de-joguinhos

The Contestado flag was proclaimed a municipal symbol by Municipal Law No. 5,622 promulgated on 10 November 2015.

Article 1.
The Condestado flag shall be white with a green cross in the center, its upoper ends and the cross' ends cut in acute angle.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/c/curitibanos/lei-ordinaria/2015/562/5622/lei-ordinaria-n-5622-2015-institui-a-bandeira-do-contestado-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-curitibanos-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database

Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021