Flag of Brazil

The flag of Brazil shows a yellow diamond on a green ground.

The colors are not originally for the green of the wide forests and numerous minerals ( yellow) of the country. Green is rather the color of the house of Braganza, the yellow of the Habsburgs.

Description

The blue area in the diamond represents the sky over Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889 at 8:30 clock represents - the place and the time of the proclamation of the Republic. The image is inverted, when befände the viewer outside the celestial sphere and would look to Brazil by the arranged on the same constellations. The 27 star (since 1992) are available for the 26 states and the Federal District. The number of stars increased from 21 (1889-1960) to 22 (1960-1968) and 23 ( 1968-1992 ).

The Portuguese motto ordem e progresso ( Order and Progress ) of the white band saying goes back to the Frenchman Auguste Comte, whose philosophy ( positivism ) adhered to the founding fathers of the Republic.

History

On the occasion of the declaration of independence from Portugal took Brazil on September 18, 1822 green flag with a yellow rhombus, whose corners touch the edge of the flag. The colors of the flag go back to the Brazilian Emperor Pedro I., the green, the color of his house ( Bragança ), on the occasion of his marriage with Maria Leopoldine of Austria joined with the yellow of the Habsburgs. In the middle of the flag a crowned green shield that was surrounded by green coffee and tobacco branches appeared. The sign was a white disk with the crimson cross of the Order of Christ in the middle. December 1822 the imperial coat of arms was placed in the center of the flag.

1889, the last Brazilian Emperor ( Pedro II ) was overthrown. The republic replaced the imperial coat of arms on the flag with a blue celestial sphere with the stars of the southern sky, crossed by a white band, which bears the inscription Ordem e progresso. The stars on the flag represent the sky over Rio de Janeiro is on November 15, 1889, the place and the date on which the Republic was proclaimed. In this case, the yellow rhombus on a green surface was reduced to the present size.

The current appearance of the flag was adopted by the Flag Law No. 8421 on 11 May 1992.

Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil to the United Kingdom, 1816-1822

Flag of the independent kingdom of Brazil 18 September, bis December 1, 1822

First flag of the Empire Brazil, December 1, 1822 to 1870

2 Flag of the Empire of Brazil ( additional star in the coat of arms ), approximately 1870 to November 15, 1889

First flag of the United States of Brazil 15th to November 19th, 1889

2 Flag of the United States of Brazil 19 November, 1889 to April 14, 1960

3 Flag of the United States of Brazil, April 14, 1960 to May 28, 1968

1 Flag of the Federative Republic of Brazil, May 28, 1968 to May 11, 1992

Stars

Colors

The colors of the flag are stored in any legal document. Approximate colors are listed below.: