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#REDIRECT [[Flag of Portugal]] |
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{{merge}} with the correct capitalisation of this page at [[Flag of Portugal]]. [[User:Duncharris|Dunc_Harris]]|[[User talk:duncharris|☺]] 14:28, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC) |
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[[Image:Image:Portugal_flag_large.gif|thumb|250px|Flag Ratio: 1:2]] |
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The '''flag of [[Portugal]]''' is a 2:3 green and red rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) and red at the fly (3/5). Centered in this partition a coat of arms consisting on an armillary sphere charged with the traditional portuguese shield. It was adopted in 30 June 1911, in consequence of the 1910 Republican Revolution. |
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==Meaning of the flag== |
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The flag has a much more obscure meaning than the traditional one. During the [[Estado Novo]], the Portuguese [[Nationalist]] Authoritarian regime which lasted from 1933 to 1974, it was said that th green represented the woods of Portugal and the red represented the blood of those who died serving the nation. |
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However, the original meaning is muh more obscure. The green and red are the traditional colours of [[Iberic Federalism]], a Republican-[[Socialist]] ideology very common on the beggining of the century and which defended the Political union of Portugal and [[Spain]]. |
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However, the Estado Novo's definition of the colours is currently the commonly accepted one. |
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The armillary sphere replaced the crown in the old monarchist flag. It represented the Portuguese Colonial Empire at the time of the Revolution and the discoveries that Portugal made. The traditional Portuguese shield is present in almost every single Portuguese flag. |
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==History== |
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Right after the Republican Revolution, on 5 October 1910, the Monarchist flag was abolished and the State ran a contest of flag proposals for the new government. |
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There was a strong debate whether if the traditional Portuguese blue/white should be mantained or if the green/red from the Republican Party should be adopted. Although most of the proposals centered themselves in blue/white flags, the final winner was a red/green one. Announced on 30 June 1911, it was based on the flag flown by the rebel ship ''Adamastor'', during the Republican Revolution. |
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==Heraldic and Social Problems== |
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Although it is nowadays deeply rooted in the Portuguese people, the red/green, or the ''Verde e Rubra'', as it is called in Portugal, is still rejected by some conservative sectors of the society. The Monarchists, for example, still use the traditional blue/white liberal flag from 1820 and the nationalists like to use a blue/white flag without the crown, being a republican flag without the socialist green/red. |
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Another problem is the Heraldic Paradoxal question: under heraldic rules, the green should never enter in contact with the red. Being that, many heraldrly and vexillology scholars consider the Portuguese (and the [[Lithuanian]] flag, for intance) as being an ''heraldic mistake''. The flag is also considered a bit ugly by most people. |
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==External link== |
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* [http://www.fotw.net/flags/pt!1910.html - Proposals for the 1910 flag] |
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* [http://www.presidenciarepublica.pt/en/main.html - Flag Section on the Portuguese President of Republic website] |
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* [http://www.mdn.gov.pt/Defesa/Simbolos/Bandeira.htm - Very interesting section of the Portuguese Ministry of Defence website, with lots of information about the flag and a chart which shows the evolution of the Portuguese Flag (In Portuguese)] |
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Revision as of 17:05, 8 July 2004
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