<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> A green field with the large yellow diamond (rhombus) in the center bearing the blue disk, which is formed the celestial globe, depicted the starry sky of twenty - seven small white five - pointed stars spanned by the white equatorial curved band with the National Motto: "ORDEM E PROGRESSO" (Portuguese for "ORDER AND PROGRESS"), written in green . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Raimundo Teixeira Mendes </Td> </Tr> <P> The flag of Brazil (Portuguese: Bandeira do Brasil), known in Portuguese as A Auriverde (The Yellow - and - green One), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field . Brazil officially adopted this design for its national flag on November 19, 1889--four days after the Proclamation of the Republic, to replace the flag of the Empire of Brazil . The concept was the work of Raimundo Teixeira Mendes, with the collaboration of Miguel Lemos, Manuel Pereira Reis and Décio Villares . </P> <P> The green field and the yellow rhombus from the previous imperial flag, though slightly modified in hue and shape, were preserved--the green represented the House of Braganza of Pedro I, the first Emperor of Brazil, while the yellow represented the House of Habsburg of his wife, Empress Maria Leopoldina . A blue circle with white five - pointed stars replaced the arms of the Empire of Brazil--its position in the flag reflects the sky over the city of Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889 . The motto Ordem e Progresso is inspired by Auguste Comte's motto of positivism: "L'amour pour principe et l'ordre pour base; le progrès pour but" ("Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal"). </P>

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