Flag of the Andorinhões: Difference between revisions

Before the proclamation of the [[Sovereign Land of the Holy Cross]], the heraldic banner of the [[Order of the Holy Cross]] was used on the islands by [[Maurício de Corvos]] as he discovered the islands of Santa Maria and São Vicente. It was also this banner that was used by the first settlers. This flag is still being used by the Order today.

 

With the proclamation as an independent and sovereign land, [[Salomão Campos]], first [[Chancellor of the Sovereign Land of the Holy Cross|Chancellor of the Sovereign Land]] introduced a new flag to be used on the islands. This flag was also joined with an heraldic banner that was used by the Chancellor himself. The flag was vertical tricolour of blue, red and gold with the cross of the [[Order of the Holy Cross]] in the canton.

 

During the [[Lúpulo Revoltion of the Andorinhões|Lúpulo Revolution]], the Provisional Congress adopted a flag with a green [[hops]] centred on a white field with a green border. The choice of green was used to differentiate the flag from the one used by the government of the Sovereign Land.

 

The newly established Parliament of Martlet adopted a new flag in 1804 to serve as the flag of the [[Republic of Martlet]]. This flag featured the golden martlet in the centre of a horizontal tricolour of green, blue and red. The choice to maintain the blue and the red was taken in an effort to please with the people who fought agains't the republican forces. The civil flag and ensign was of the same design but without the golden martlet.

 

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File:Flag of the Order of the Holy Cross.svg|Flag of the Order of the Holy Cross (1412-1487)

File:Flag of the Sovereign Land of the Holy Cross (Heraldic Banner).svg|Heraldic Banner of the Sovereign Land of the Holy Cross (1487-1803) {{FIAV|historical}}

File:Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Martlets Islands.svg|Flag of the Socialist Republic of the Martlets Islands (1971-1973) {{FIAV|011011}} {{FIAV|historical}}

File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Andorinhas.svg|Flag of the People's Republic of the Andorinhas (1973-1992) {{FIAV|111111}} {{FIAV|historical}}