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Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. In fact, the white band has nothing to do with the celestial sphere, but merely provides a place to inscribe the motto, Order and Progress, which is attributed to the French positivist philosopher Auguste Comte, who had many followers in Brazil, including Professor Teixeira Mendes, who conceived the basic design of the flag. They both trace their common ancestry to the flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, which featured an armilliary sphere as supporter for the Portuguese coat of arms of the time, and which in turn was apparently used earlier as a symbol of the caravelles that sailed for Brazil. flagspot.net /flags/br.html   (1314 words)

Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. Texeira Mendes collaborated with Dr. Miguel Lemos and Professor Manuel Pereira Reis, chairman of astronomy at the Polytechnic School, and the design was executed by the painter Décio Vilares. I borrowed an original 1939 Flaggenbuch recently, and I read 96:132 (=24:33, or 7.27:10) as the ratio for the Brazilian flag. flagspot.net /flags/br.html   (1314 words)

Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. Texeira Mendes collaborated with Dr. Miguel Lemos and Professor Manuel Pereira Reis, chairman of astronomy at the Polytechnic School, and the design was executed by the painter Décio Vilares. In the Brazilian Government's website is the full text of the law on the Brazilian flag and other symbols. flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/br.html   (1314 words)

Vacation in Brazil (C) 2002 by Robert Formanek Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. Texeira Mendes collaborated with Dr. Miguel Lemos and Professor Manuel Pereira Reis, chairman of astronomy at the Polytechnic School, and the design was executed by the painter Décio Vilares. According to www.piraque.org.br, on 7 September 1822, after demanding "Independence or Death," Prince Regent Pedro (later Emperor Dom Pedro I) removed the Portuguese blue-and-white cockade from his hat and exclaimed, "From now on we will have another ribbon-knot (laço), green and yellow. www.formanek.org /Robert/Vacation/Brazil.htm   (1314 words)

Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. They both trace their common ancestry to the flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, which featured an armilliary sphere as supporter for the Portuguese coat of arms of the time, and which in turn was apparently used earlier as a symbol of the caravelles that sailed for Brazil. Knowing how (non-)promptly the stars on the national flag were changed with the change of the actual number of the states in Brazil, I am wondering how well the coat of arms followed the changes. flagspot.net /flags/br.html   (1314 words)

O Portal da História - Biografia: Décio Rodrigues Vilares (1851-1931) O desenho da actual bandeira do Brasil, foi executado por Décio Vilares, de acordo com a ideia de Raimundo Teixeira Mendes. Regressado ao Brasil em 1881, Décio Vilares trabalhou também em escultura realizando vários bustos de personagens históricas, e desenhou caricaturas para jornais satíricos. Católico, Décio Vilares converteu-se em Paris ao positivismo, tornando-se republicano, tendo pintado uma Queda do Cristianismo e uma Virgem da Humanidade para o Templo da Religião da Humanidade, a igreja positivista de Paris. www.arqnet.pt /portal/biografias/vilares_decio.html   (212 words)

Fábrica Sylvio Bandeiras A atual bandeira nacional foi projetada em 1889 por Raimundo Teixeira Mendes e Miguel Lemos, com desenho de Décio Vilares. Bandeiras Bordadas, nas medidas de 2 panos (0,90 x 1,28 M) e 2,5 panos (1,12 x 1,60 M), bem como as bases, os mastros e as rosetas. A Fábrica Sylvio Bandeiras, através do departamento de vendas diretas, está oferecendo a você a mais completa variedade de bandeiras para diversas necessidades, ligue e marque uma visita, melhor preço e vasta opão para deixar seu negócio ainda mais atraente. www.silviobandeiras.com.br   (212 words)

Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. They both trace their common ancestry to the flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, which featured an armilliary sphere as supporter for the Portuguese coat of arms of the time, and which in turn was apparently used earlier as a symbol of the caravelles that sailed for Brazil. Knowing how (non-)promptly the stars on the national flag were changed with the change of the actual number of the states in Brazil, I am wondering how well the coat of arms followed the changes. flagspot.net /flags/br.html   (212 words)

Brazil Benjamin Constant, a member of the Provisional Government who prepared the decree, credited Professor Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, president of the Positivist Apostolate of Brazil, with the idea of the new flag. They both trace their common ancestry to the flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve, which featured an armilliary sphere as supporter for the Portuguese coat of arms of the time, and which in turn was apparently used earlier as a symbol of the caravelles that sailed for Brazil. Evidently they are currently discussing a change in the coat of arms, more specifically the tobacco leaves on the sinister side. www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/br.html   (1314 words)

ipedia.com: Flag of Brazil Article The concept was the work of Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, with the collaboration of Miguel Lemos and Manuel Pereira Reis. It is a green flag with a large yellow rhombus in the center. www.ipedia.com /flag_of_brazil.html   (1314 words)

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