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Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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Glorinha, RS (Brazil) image by Dirk Schönberger, 15 February 2012
Source: http://www.gramado.rs.gov.br/index.php/Simbolos-do-Municipio/Bandeira-de-Gramado.html


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Municipality

The municipality of Gramado (35,875 inhabitants in 2018; 23,783 ha) is located 120 km north-east of Porto Alegre.
Gramado is Rio Grande do Sul's main tourist resort. The town hosts Brazil's biggest film festival, established in 1973 and registered as Cultural and Historical Heritage by State Law No. 12,529 promulgated on 6 June 2006.

Gramado is named for "grama", "a lawn", referring to the place used by tropeiros and colonists crossing the mountains as a convenient camp. The place was first settled by Portuguese colonists in 1875, subsequently joined by German and Italian colonists coming from Caxias do Sul.
The municipality of Gramado was established by State Law No. 2,522 promulgated on 15 December 1954, separating from Taquara.

https://www.gramado.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020


Description of the Flag

The flag and arms of Gramado are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 364 promulgated on 13 December 1972.

Article 1.
a) Coat of arms - Portuguese shield, in chief argent and vert (green) Vale do Quilombo with its heights, representing an orographic landmark of the municipality, dexter a stylized Brazilian pine proper, sinister on top three black swallows 1 and 2. Swallows, by their migratory characteristic and fidelity, represent tourism. The other two thirds of the coat of arms, per fess on a field gules (red) a three-storied house representing hotel industry in the town and azure (blue) the emblem of handcraft: a small hand saw argent crossed by a paintbrush or and a hammer of the same.
A scroll or inscribed in gules (red) "Gramado - Jardim das hortênsias" supported by a flowered branch of hydrangea proper. The shield surmounted by a three-towered mural crown or with, in the center, a big gate gules on each side two large windows of the same. The tower represents, beyond the rank of town, hospitality and friendship.

b) Flag - Three panels of 9 units on 6 units red, yellow and green, featuring the Riograndense and national colors, charged in the center, on the yellow panel, with the coat of arms of Gramado with its symbols, scroll and supporters, in the colors described above.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/g/gramado/lei-ordinaria/1972/37/364/lei-ordinaria-n-364-1972-sao-adotados-como-simbolos-municipais-de-gramado-o-brasao-e-a-bandeira
Leis Municipais database

The flag was modified by Law No. 1,248 promulgated on 19 April 1994, which changed item b) of Article 2 as follows:

b) Flag - Three panels of 9 units on 6 units blue, yellow and green, featuring the Riograndense and national colors, charged in the center, on the yellow panel, the coat of arms of Gramado with its symbols, scroll and supporters, in the colors described above.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/g/gramado/lei-ordinaria/1994/124/1248/lei-ordinaria-n-1248-1994-altera-a-lei-municipal-n-364-72-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database

The flag is prominently displayed on one of the town's landmarks, the "Bavarian" Town Hall.

Photos
https://www.expedia.fr/Hotel-De-Ville-De-Gramado-Gramado-City-Centre.d6253105.Sites-d-Interet
http://www.hoteldifratelli.com.br/news/10/prefeitura-municipal-de-gramado
https://mapio.net/pic/p-45076768/
https://lenorasantos.com.br/galeria/cpgq-prefeitura-de-gramado/

Photos - Vale do Quilombo
https://www.gramadoinesquecivel.tur.br/o-que-fazer/pontos-turisticos/belvedere-vale-do-quilombo-3

Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020


Former flag, 1972-1994

Glorinha, RS (Brazil) image by Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020

The former flag employed the colours red-yellow-green with the coat of arms.

Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020