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The national flag of Spain (Spanish: Bandera de España) [ a], as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe. Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name la ...
National flag with coat of arms. 1843–1931. 1939–present. Civil ensign for use in merchant ships. 1 January 1928 to present. Civil flag and ensign. The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe. 1939–present. Naval jack.
José María Morelos used a flag with an image of the Virgin to which was added a blue and white insignia with a crowned eagle on a cactus over a three-arched bridge and the letters V.V.M. (Viva la Virgen María – "long live the Virgin Mary"). [2] The Revolutionary Army also used a flag featuring the colors white, blue and red in vertical ...
The Flag of Scotland, called The Saltire or Saint Andrew's Cross, is a blue field with a white saltire. According to tradition, it represents Saint Andrew, who is supposed to have been crucified on a cross of that form (called a crux decussata) at Patras, Greece.
A horizontal triband of light blue (top and bottom) and white (center). Designed by. Manuel Belgrano. The national flag of the Argentine Republic, often referred to as the Argentine flag ( Spanish: bandera argentina ), is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue and white. There are multiple interpretations ...
The national flag of Cuba ( Spanish: Bandera de Cuba) consists of five alternating stripes (three blue and two white) and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the Estrella Solitaria, or the Lone Star flag. [ 1]
The history of the flags of Mexico began before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, with the Flag Bearers of the Mexicas. The tri-coloured stripes date back to 1821. [ 1] The green represents hope and victory, white stands for the purity of Mexican ideals and red represents the blood shed by the nation's martyrs. [ 2]
The flag of the Second Spanish Republic, known in Spanish as la tricolor (the tricolour), [1] was the official flag of Spain between 1931 and 1939 and the flag of the Spanish Republican government in exile until 1977. Its present-day use in Spain is associated with the modern republican movement, different trade unions and various left-wing ...