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The coat of arms of Spain represents Spain and the Spanish nation, including its national sovereignty and the country's form of government, a constitutional monarchy.It appears on the flag of Spain and it is used by the Government of Spain, the Cortes Generales, the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and other state institutions.
That middle stripe bears the Coat of Arms. The origin of the current flag of Spain is the naval ensign of 1785, Pabellón de la Marina de Guerra, by Decrée of Charles III of Spain, where also it's referred as national flag. It was chosen by Charles III himself from 12 different flags designed by Antonio Valdés y Bazán. [1]
The National Day of Spain ([Fiesta Nacional de España] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |help= ) is a national holiday held annually on 12 October. It is also traditionally and commonly referred to as the Día de la Hispanidad ( Hispanicity , Spanishness Day [ 2 ] ), commemorating Spanish legacy worldwide, especially in Hispanic America .
Flag Date Use Description 2014–present Standard of the King of Spain: A crimson square with the Coat of arms of the King in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.
Flag and colours variant during the First Spanish Republic ... Coat of arms of Spain, Golden Fleece and Mantle variant (1875–1931) Colours variant (c.1920–1931)
Spanish coats of arms are divided in the same fashion used by other European countries. Since coats of arms were granted to new separate families, there was the need to join multiple coats of arms into one when a new branch of a family was formed. Thus Spanish escutcheons are commonly parted.
Flag of Spain (1936-1938) Flag of Spain (1938–1945) Flag of Spain (1945–1977) At the time of the Pronunciamiento of 17 and 18 July 1936, the insurgent military forces used the national flag with their coat of arms superimposed: this consisted of the then-current tricolor with the 1869 coat of arms, as had been approved by the Spanish ...
The coat of arms of the King of Spain is the heraldic symbol representing the monarch of Spain. The current version of the monarch's coat of arms was adopted in 2014 but is of much older origin. The arms marshal the arms of the former monarchs of Castile, León, Aragon, and Navarre.