Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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Adopted 1891; reinstated 1947

• Flag of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
• Coat of Arms of Rio Grande do Sul
• Rio Grande Republic (1836-1845)
• 19th Century Merchant Ship Pennant

• Index of Brazil Pages
• Brazilian Subnational Flags
• Municipal Flags of Rio Grande do Sul
• Pampas Republic Separatist Movement

Flag of the State of Rio Grande do Sul

The original flag of Rio Grande do Sul was adopted at the proclamation of the independent Rio Grande Republic on 11 September 1836, according to a design created in 1835. This flag was reestablished as the symbol of the state in 1889. In 1891 the shield was added. On 5 January 1966 it was regularized.
Jaume Ollé, 2 July 1996

According to law no. 5213 of 5 January 1966, "the flag of the state … is composed of three panels: green, red, and yellow, the green and yellow constituting right triangles and the red a quadrilateral ascending between the two triangles. On the center of the flag is the state coat of arms." Well-known interpretations of the colors include Mansueto Bernardi's (green for countryside, gold for soil, red for pride), and Augusto Porto Alegre's (green for spring, golden yellow for the wealth of the s