Flag of Spain

According to article 4.1 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, the Spanish national flag is made of three horizontal bands, red, yellow and red, the yellow band being twice broader than each of the two red bands. On the yellow tape, on the left, the armorial bearings of Spain are reproduced. The creation of the Spanish national symbol goes back to the end of the 18th century.

Precedents

The red and the Or are colors frequently referred in the Iberian heraldism: however on red is the traditional emblem of Castille, the red stakes on yellow that of the kingdoms of Aragon (Catalonia, Valence, Aragon and the Balearic Islands) or the gold chains on red of Navarre. Castille, Aragon and Navarre are all the three of the kingdoms which played a leading role in the company of unification of Spain by the catholic kings, Isabelle I {{Re}} of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

Origin

It is by the royal decree of the May 28th 1785 that the king Charles III of Bourbon orders the use of a Drapeau, of a flame and a house which are yellow and red to identify the ships and the boats of the Spanish marine (the Armada).

At the 18th century, Armada employed a white house, the color of the Bourbons. But the Bourbons were also kings de Naples, of Sicily, of Toscane and of France, that lent to confusion. In the naval battles between Spaniards and French, the situation had indeed become very confused. the king Charles III thus ordered a new house of marine. He chooses the drawing which became the current flag of the kingdom.

During the War of independence against Napoleon I {{er}}, the flag of the navy becomes popular among the Armies made of former sailors. The definitive adoption of this same emblem by all the armies of the country is carried out during the reign of Isabelle II, on October 13rd, 1843. The First Republic (1873-74) maintains the flag red and gold as well as the armorial bearings, without royal crown. Under the reign of Alphonse XIII, the national colors red and gold of this military flag, deprived however of the royal armorial bearings, became the national flag, of civil and military use.

The Second Republic and Dictatorship of the general Free

Under IIe République (1931 - 1939) the national colors change: the traditional red lower bar is replaced by the purple one, color which was reproduced on the flags of the Castilians ( comuneros ) which fought against Charles Quint, this to underline the will of independence and the opposition to monarchy.

During the military rising of July 18th, 1936, which leads to the Spanish Civil war, the Tricolor is used by the two opponents until August 1936, when the side of the known as nationals, restores the two-tone banner.

The mode of Free, adopts officially on October 11th, 1945, the red banner and gold traditional with in more the armorial bearings of Kings Catholiques, an eagle of Jean Saint but touched of a disc gold and currency " One, Large, Libre".

The transition and the democracy

It is in November 1975, with the death of Free and the succession of the king Juan Carlos whom began the transitional period towards the democracy.

In 1977, the national armorial bearings were modified and the colors definitively legitimated red and gold. This configuration, very symbolic system, lay out the eagle of Jean Saint in the middle of the flag, in position to fly away and with the turns of Hercules under the wings.

The government of Adolfo Suárez undertook to make accept the constitutional reforms in the framework of monarchy to the prohibited movements of oppositions as well as the red Spanish flag and gold. In prelude to the lifting of their prohibition, PSOE and the Communist party accepted the monarchical symbols and thus support the Spanish Democratic transition towards the Constitution adopted by referendum on December 6th, 1978.

Thereafter, in 1981, the current national armorial bearings replace those modified in 1977. To note that the armorial bearings are reproduced slightly on the left on the yellow tape of the flag. The use of the national flag without the armorial bearings became far from frequent.

External bonds

history and regulation flag site of the moncloa

history of the armorial bearings site of Moncloa

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