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image by Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017
The municipality of Empedrado (9,258 inhabitants in 2010), nicknamed the
Pearl of Paran�, is located 60 km south of Corrientes, close to the confluence
of rivers Empedrado and Paran� - here the border with the Chaco Province.
Empedrado originates in Pueblo Viejo (Old Village), a settlement established
in the early 17th century near the Santiago S�nchez fort. Repeated native raids
caused the suppression of the settlement at the end of the 18th century, leaving
only a chapel. A new settlement emerged near the chapel, whose year of
foundation was officially fixed as 1806.
At the end of the 19th century, the
scenic landscape and the river beaches attracted to Empedrado the elite of
Corrientes and even tourists from Buenos Aires, who were transported on the
Paran� by steamboats. In 1826, the government acquired a plot from Dionisio
Su�rez; the establishment of the new town was confirmed by the Law of 14
September 1826. Named Capilla del Se�ot (The Lord's Chapel), the town
inaugurated its first school in November 1827.
http://turismo.corrientes.gob.ar/home/empedrado - Ministry of Tourism,
Corrientes Province
The flag of Empedrado, inaugurated and blessed on 10
December 2012, is vertically divided celestial blue-white. In the middle of the
flag is placed a white disk charged with four violets, representing the four
sections forming the Empedrado Department; among them, on a sepia base
representing the sandy ravines characteristic of the place, stands a
wood-coloured Latin cross, a symbol connected to the history and origin of
Empedrado.
The flag was designed by Mat�as Nicol�s Vargas, student at the
Centro de Promoci�n del Menor N� 29, winner of a public contest organized by the
municipality.
http://diarioepoca.com/317500/Empedrado-y-Lavalle-estrenan-su-bandera-municipal
- Diario Epoca, 10 December 2012
http://diarioepoca.com/317610/Empedrado-presento-su-bandera-departamental -
Diario Epoca, 12 December 2012
http://www.ellitoral.com.ar/231011/Empedrado-en-historico-acto-se-estreno-la-bandera-departamental
- El Litoral, 12 December 2012
On 3 July 2016, Diego Maradona, whose
parents are from the Corrientes Province, was invited to a fishing party at
Empedrado and was offered a copy of the municipal flag by the Mayor.
http://www.ellitoral.com.ar/421129/Maradona-pesco-con-amigos-y-hoy-jugaria-al-futbol-en-Empedrado
- El Litoral, 3 July 2016
Emblem on flag above after "Diego HC",
Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bandera_Empedrado_-_Corrientes_-_Argentina.png
Ivan Sache,, 7 May 2017