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The flag of Minas Gerais is one of the official symbols of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The current flag was introduced by Law 2793 of January 8, 1963.
Description[]
A red triangle on a white background, surrounded by the Latin expression "LIBERTAS QUÆ SERA TAMEN" - motto of the Inconfidência Mineira, which means "Liberty, even if delayed".
History[]
The flag of the state of Minas Gerais was based on the flag that, according to the plans of the Minas Gerais conspirators, would be adopted after independence from Portugal. There is controversy over details of the flag.
The initial sketch was created by Cláudio Manuel da Costa and consisted of three triangles, each with an Indian breaking his chains, symbolizing the Brazilian people. This flag, heavily influenced by the French Revolution, adopted the colors of the French flag, with white representing the Executive Branch, blue representing the Legislative Branch and red representing the people.
The conspirators and poets Cláudio Manuel da Costa, Tomás Antônio Gonzaga and José Ignácio de Alvarenga Peixoto worshipped classical antiquity and its poets. Cláudio Costa suggested the mottos, in Latin, "Libertas a quo spiritu" (Freedom of the spirit) and "Aut libertas aul nihil" (Either freedom or nothing), but the chosen one was Alvarenga Peixoto's motto, also in Latin, "Libertas quae sera tamen" (Freedom, even if late), coined from the adaptation of a verse from the Bucolics by the Latin poet Virgil, which said "Libertas, quae sera tamen, respexit inertem" (Freedom, although late, looked at me inert).
The flag on the flag of the separatist Inconfidência Mineira movement, which sought to make the captaincy of Minas Gerais independent from then colonial Brazil. The equilateral triangle symbolizes the Holy Trinity and its color represents revolution.
The motto "LIBERTAS QUÆ SERA TAMEN" (often translated as "Liberty, even if delayed") was contributed to the original flag by the lawyer Alvarenga Peixoto from a verse in The Eclogues by the Latin poet Virgil, which reads "Libertas quae sera tamen respexit inertem", which can be translated as "Liberty, which, though late, (saw me) inert".
Flag Proposals[]
 Minas Gerais V • T
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