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FRANCE
.FR
Official name:
french republic
*French / French Republic
Capital: Paris
Idiom: French
Form of Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Currency: Euro
Demonym: French/-sa * Gaulish/-la
Administrative divition: 13 Metropolitan Regions and 5 Overseas Regions
FLAG
The flag of France (in French: "drapeau tricolore" ) dates from the French Revolution and consists of three equal-sized vertical stripes colored blue and red at the ends (the colors of the coat of arms and flag of Paris) and white on the fringe. central, the color of the monarchy. The design is attributed to the Marquis de Lafayette and initially the colors were in reverse order, until the rainy 27 of the year II (February 15, 1794), already during the First Republic, the order was altered, remaining as they currently appear .
During the Bourbon restoration, the tricolor flag was replaced by a completely white pavilion. After the Revolution of 1830 and the accession to the throne of Luis Felipe I, the tricolor flag was adopted again. After the fall of the monarchy of Luis Felipe, the colors of the flag were altered once again for a short period of time (February-March 1848). Subsequently, the decree of March 5, 1848 reestablished the blue-white-red order, remaining unchanged until today.
National flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
White was the national color of France from the advent of the Bourbons to the throne of that kingdom until the Revolution of 1789. On July 12 of that year, the patriots who were fighting the National Assembly gathered in the garden of the Royal Palace, took green leaves of the trees and they put them on their hats as cockades or particular badges; Remembering that green was the color of the livery of the Count of Artois, the most unpopular person in the royal family, they gave up wearing that badge.
The next day an order appeared from the Committee of the Commons that provided that all armed citizens should use as a badge, instead of white, the colors of the city of Paris, which were red and blue. This was done until, after the Taking of the Bastille, it was agreed to unite both colors, distinctive of the patriots, with white, which was the color of the still reigning dynasty, as a sign of union between the people and the monarch. On the 17th of the same month, these three colors, red, blue and white, were adopted by Louis XVI himself, who, forming a tricolor cucarda with them, placed them himself in his hat in front of the people summoned and gathered. in the Place de Greve.
Since then the Cucarda tricolor has everywhere replaced the white cockade, and the three colors have become the national colors of France. However, the flags of the regiments and the banners of the squadrons continued as before and were only adorned with a tricolor tie until 1792, when the cloth of these insignia became tricolor or three strips of red canvas. , blue and white.
When the Restoration took place in 1814, the Bourbons returned to their old flag and white livery, but after the Revolution of 1830 the tricolor emblem was definitively adopted.
OTHER FLAGS
naval flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
Presidential Banner
Ratio: 1 x 1
Banner Minister of Overseas
Ratio: 1 x 1
CONSTRUCTION
A : 1 | B : 2
COLORS
33 %
Blue
HEX CODE
# 002654
SYMBOLIZES:
IT WAS ONE OF THE COLORS THAT REPRESENTED PARIS DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
33 %
White
HEX CODE
#ffffff
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE COLOR OF THE BOURBON DYNASTY
33 %
Red
HEX CODE
# ce1126
SYMBOLIZES:
IT WAS ONE OF THE COLORS THAT REPRESENTED PARIS DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
HISTORY
flag under the
Capetian dynasty
yes XII
flag under the
Capetian dynasty
yes fourteenth
Flag House
of the Bornons
1364 - 1632
Royal Standard
from France
1632 - 1794
Flag of
France
1794 - 1814
Royal Standard
from France
1814 - 1815
Flag of
France
1815
Royal Standard
from France
1815 - 1830
Flag of
France
1830 - 1848
Flag of
France
1848 - 1940
flag of the
Vichy France
1940 - 1944
flag of the
Free France
1940 - 1944
REGIONAL FLAGS
flag of the
region of
Upper France
flag of the
region of
Auvergne - Rhône - Alps
flag of the
region of
Burgundy - Franche-Comté
flag of the
region of
Brittany
flag of the
region of
Center - Loire Valley
flag of the
region of
corsica
flag of the
region of
great east
flag of the
region of
France's Island
flag of the
region of
Normandy
flag of the
region of
New Aquitaine
flag of the
region of
Occitania
flag of the
region of
Pays de la Loire
flag of the
region of
Provence - Alps - French Riviera
Region Flag
Overseas
Guadeloupe
Region Flag
Overseas
French Guiana
Region Flag
Overseas
Martinique
Region Flag
Overseas
Mayotte
Region Flag
Overseas
Meeting
SHIELD
The emblem of the French Republic has its origin in the 19th century, although some of its elements were adopted during the Revolution of 1789. As in other countries, the emblem is used as one of the symbols of the State, but it is not considered a official emblem, since the French State does not officially have an emblem or heraldic coat of arms. It appears on official documents, on police uniforms, on the facade of many public buildings (whether state or municipal), on passports or on coins and medals minted by the French Republic, to name a few examples. Its design incorporates elements collected from the Greco-Latin tradition, such as the fasces or bundle of lictors and the oak and olive branches (laurel for many authors).
Despite not having an official emblem, already at the end of the 19th century it was widely considered that the French emblem was made up of the initials of the Republic, the fasces, the olive and oak branches, the collar or the band of the Legion of Honor (these elements did not appear in all versions) and two French flags attached. This emblem appeared represented in engravings of well-known encyclopedias, such as Larousse,1 and on sheets and cards from different countries that reproduced the coats of arms of nations from all over the world. In 1905, on the occasion of the State visit of the King of Spain to the French Republic, the government decided to informally use the emblem with the initials, the fasces and the branches. Although it was not legally regulated, in 1913 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered that it be used officially in French embassies and consulates.
The version used today was adopted in 1953, when the United Nations General Assembly asked member countries of the organization for a copy of their national emblem or shield. On that occasion, as had happened previously, a legal norm was not approved to regulate the shield.
In the central part of the emblem is a pelta (plate) decorated with a small lion's head and a bird's head containing the initials "RF" from the expression "République Française" (French Republic).
The fasces have their origin in the ceremonies of Ancient Rome: the magistrates, dictators, consuls and emperors were preceded by lictors. These carried a bundle of rods ("fasces" in Latin) that symbolized the power of the State and the authority of its magistrates. This symbol was recovered in 1790, during the French Revolution, by the National Constituent Assembly when it ordered its adoption "to represent the strength and unity of French citizens in defense of their freedom". Later it became the symbol of the power and authority of the Republic.
The oak branch represents the permanence of the Nation, while the olive tree represents the glory of the Homeland and the heroes who have defended it.
