Last modified: 2003-09-06 by joe mcmillan
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The flag is the coat of arms on a white field. The coat of arms was
designed by the artist Vítor Martins and adopted by municipal law 660 of 4
June 1970. It is divided quarterly: (1) red with a sword and laurel
wreath, signifying command (this is also the principal charge in the state
coat of arms); (2) blue with inescutcheons of Portugal [although the
accompanying image shows this inescutcheon as a yellow cross on green] and
of the Italian tricolor flag stripes, for the principal origins of the
colonists who settled Colina; (3) [not described in the blazon on the
official site] silver with a sun rising behind a green mountain; (4) yellow
with Mercury's cap and a gear-wheel, for commerce and industry. The shield
is flanked with branches of coffee and corn and ensigned with a mural crown.
Source:
Official municipal website
Joseph McMillan, 2 April 2003