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This list contains national symbols of the Federative Republic of Brazil. List of symbols. Symbol Name Image References Flag: Flag of Brazil [1] [2] Coat of arms:
Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil (7 C, 27 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Brazil" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The yellow rhombus represents the house of Habsburg. The yellow and green originated in the imperial flag. The blue circle represents the Rio de Janeiro skies when cloudless, except for the great star upon the band, which is the polar star representing Para, one of the states which have a part into the North Hemisphere.
Its unique position in the sky of the southern hemisphere represents the stability of the Federal District in the Brazilian union. The shining star in constellation represent the size of territory of the state in the Brazilian region (constellation). The flag of Brazil contains 27 stars, representing the Brazilian states and the Federal ...
The coat of arms of Brazil (Portuguese: Brasão de Armas do Brasil) was created on 19 November 1889, four days after Brazil became a republic. It consists of the central emblem surrounded by coffee ( Coffea arabica , at the left) and tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum , at the right) branches, which were important crops in Brazil at that time.
Brazilian lawmakers have set up a congressional caucus to represent Brazil's oil and gas industry, led by state-run producer Petrobras, and to back the company's plans to explore offshore fields ...
An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...
Brazil, [b] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, [c] is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh largest by population, with over 203 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital ...