The National Flag would have the Spanish Republican coat of arms at the centre (quarterly of Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre, enté en point for Granada, ensigned by a mural crown, between the two Pillars of Hercules). The Republican flag was formed by three horizontal bands of the same width, red, yellow, and dark purple. The Republican flag was adopted on April 27 and presented to the army of the nation on May 6 with the following words: "The national uprising against tyranny, victorious since April 14, has hoisted a flag that is invested by means of the feelings of the people with the double representation of the hope of freedom and of its irreversible triumph."Įl alzamiento nacional contra la tiranía, victorioso desde el 14 de abril, ha enarbolado una enseña investida por el sentir del pueblo con la doble representación de una esperanza de libertad y de su triunfo irrevocable. Later, important cities, such as Madrid or Barcelona, followed with massive demonstrations. Éibar, in Guipúzcoa, was the first town to hoist this banner from its Town Hall, on the 13th. While the events were taking place, a part of the people raised the new flag in the main squares of some large Spanish cities. As a result of this previous use, the young republic proclaimed in 1931 eagerly adopted this symbol. This same flag had been previously displayed by certain Republican groups as an alternative to the red-and-yellow flag that they identified with the Bourbon monarchy in Spain. The Spanish republican flag began to be used on April 27, 1931, thirteen days after municipal elections results led to the abolition of the monarchy and the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic. The situation became increasingly chaotic: the Republic was proclaimed in several cities and the tricolor flag was waving in their town halls. In the municipal elections of April 12, 1931, the Republicans won the number of votes in the large cities. Its present-day use in Spain is associated with the modern republican movement, different trade unions and various left-wing political movements. The flag of the Second Spanish Republic, known in Spanish as la tricolor (the tricolour), was the official flag of Spain between 19 and the flag of the Spanish Republican government in exile until 1977. Flag used by the Second Spanish Republic Second Spanish Republicīandera de la marina mercante ( Civil Ensign)
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