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Rodeio, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of Rodeio, image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021


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Municipality

The municipality of Rodeio (11,325 inhabitants in 2014; 13,094 ha) is located 200 km north-west of Florianópolis.

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021


Description of the Flag

The flag of Rodeio was originally prescribed by Municipal Law No. 381 promulgated on 26 May 1975.

Article 1.
The municipal flag has the following heraldic description: Gyronny white and vert, charged in the center with the municipal coat of arms outlined sable.

Article 2.
The municipal flag, in compliance with the best Luso-Brazilin heraldic tradition, has the following rationale.
I - Gyronny, the flag's quadrilateral field is divided into eight equal parts shaped like right-angled triangles, each named gyron, by four rectilinear lines crossing each other in the center, two of them connecting the quadrilateral's angles, the two other vertical and horizontal, both equidistant from the flag's edges.
II - White and vert, considering that the colors of an armored flag shall be the basic colors of the featured municipal arms, in the blazon's natural order, argent, vert (green, in the shade known as Veronese green), and gules. Argent, on the flags, is usually substituted by white, which matches it on the heraldic chromatic scale. Accordingly, the upper gyron, at hoist, shall be white, followed by a green gyron, and so on.
III - Charged with the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by Municipal Law No. 380 promulgated on 26 May 1975, its outer ornaments (mural crown and scroll) omitted, therefore restricted to the shield proper, described in heraldic terms as "A Portuguese shield, lozengy 8 x 8 argent and vert inescutcheon gules a cross trefoiled argent." Argent is also substituted by white on the arms.
IV - Bordered sable, meaning that the shield's field shall be outlined by a black line.

Article 3.
The features of the municipal flag shall obey the following rules.
I - Tea flag's width shall be 20 units.
II - The flag's length shall be 28 units.
III - The distance of the shield to the flag's upper border, outline excluded, shall be 6 units.
IV - The shield, in compliance with the shield's usual format known as Portuguese or Iberian, shall be composed of a quadrilateral of 7 units in length on 5 units in width, in base a semi-circle of 3.5 units in radius.
V - The distance of the central escutcheon to the shield's upper edge shall be 2.4 units, for the flanks, 2.1 units.
VI - The field of the escutcheon, of the same shape as the main shield, shall be composed of a quadrilateral of 2.8 units in width on 2 units in length, ending in base with a semi-circle of 1.8 unit in radius.
VII - The cross shall be inscribed in an imaginary square of 2.5 units in side, distant of 0.35 unit from the shield's upper edge and 0.15 unit from each of the shield's flanks.
VIII - The cross' arms shall be O.3 unit in width.
IX - Each petal of the heraldic trefoils placed at the end of the cross' arms shall be inscribed in an imaginary circumference of 0.4 unit in diameter, or 0.2 unit in radius.
X - The center of the circumference limiting the trefoil's edge is distant of 0.2 unit, that is, the circumference' radius, from the middle of each side of the imaginary square containing the cross.
XI - The centers of the circumferences delimiting the two inner petals of each trefoil shall be separated by 0.5 unit and be located on the lines formed by an imaginary shield of 1.5 unit in side concentric to the imaginary square containing the cross.
XII - The lozenges filling the shield shall be designed as follows.
a) Increase in base through imaginary lines the square described in item IV, increasing the sides of the left and rights sides to 8 units, therefore forming a new imaginary rectangle of 7 units in length on 8 units in width.
b) Divide from each side the rectangle in equal segments. Each segment shall be 7/8 unit in the lesser sides and 1 unit on the greater sides.
c) Join by imaginary lines crossing each other at right angle, the end points of the segments located on opposite sides and parallel to the rectangle to obtain 64 imaginary squares.
d) The diagonals of these squares constitute the lines forming the field lozengy; they shall be increased to the shield's base to complete the drawing.
XIII - The shield's border, in black, shall be 0.1 in width.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rodeio/lei-ordinaria/1975/39/381/lei-ordinaria-n-381-1975-institui-a-nova-bandeira-do-municipio-de-rodeio
Leis Municipais database

The Law abrogated the first flag of the municipality, which was prescribed by Municipal Law No. 302 promulgated on 20 September 1972

Article 2.
The symbols [flag and anthem] were selected in a public contest organized by the Commission appointed by the Prefect.

The flag is not described in the Law.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rodeio/lei-ordinaria/1972/30/302/lei-ordinaria-n-302-1972-institui-o-hino-e-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-rodeio
Leis Municipais database

Municipal Law No. 1,705 promulgated on 28 July 2009 amended the design adopted in 1975.

Article 2.
III - Charged with the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by Municipal Law No. 380 promulgated on 26 May 1975, its outer ornaments (mural crown and scroll) included, described in heraldic words as "A Portuguese shield, lozengy 8 x 8 argent and vert inescutcheon gules a cross trefoiled argent." Argent is also substituted by white on the arms. "A mural crown or filled gules with four towers ports gules". Writing "RODEIO" argent on a scroll vert.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rodeio/lei-ordinaria/2009/170/1705/lei-ordinaria-n-1705-2009-altera-o-inciso-iii-do-art-2-o-inciso-xv-do-art-3-o-art-14-e-15-da-lei-381-de-26-051975-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database

The coat of arms of Rodeio is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 380 promulgated on 26 May 1975.

Article 1.
The arms of the municipality have the following blazon: "Portuguese shield, lozengy 8 x 8 argent and vert inescutcheon gules a cross trefoiled argent. A mural crown or filled gules with four towers ports gules. Writing 'RODEIO' argent on a scroll vert."

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rodeio/lei-ordinaria/1975/38/380/lei-ordinaria-n-380-1975-institui-as-armas-municipio-de-rodeio
Leis Municipais database

Photo
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2467235173508040

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

[Flag of Rodeio, image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

The flag, however, is mostly used with swapped quarters (green at upper hoist) and the shield outlined in white.

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2443997249165166
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2413287102236181

The flag is also used with a large outline around the coat of arms, crown and scroll included.

Photos
http://www.jornaldomediovale.com.br/on-line/rodeio/prefeito-prevê-novos-investimentos-1.1990462
https://www.rodeio.sc.gov.br/noticias/index/ver/codMapaItem/20294/codNoticia/485157
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2707264132838475

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

[Flag of Rodeio, image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

The old flag (with the coat of arms without crown and scroll) was still used in 2018 and 2019

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2427812127450345
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2256676391230587
https://www.facebook.com/paulinhoweissrodeio/photos/2006977779533784 

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021