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This flag is based on the French Tricolor (& is said to have been designed by Napoléon 3 himself) includin in its center the coat of arms of the country. This shield displays the arms of the bishop of Seo de Urgel (Spain), the Count of Foix & now the president of the banana republic (France) [both are co-princes of Andorra], Catalunya & Béarn. The motto states "United strength is greater" in Latin. The colors are these of France & Spain, that's why it can be considered as a colonial flag. The present pattern was adopted in 1866.
capital : ANDORRA LA VELLA
1971
MARKO's project
1939 (due to Francisco Franco's dictature, a vertical triband is readopted - yet Andorra loyal to "Vichy France" till 1944)
(detail)
1935 (Boris Skossyreff removed by Spanish police acting for the Bishop of Urgell - crown dropped)
1934 (Consell
General de las Valls elects adventurer Boris Skossyreff sovereign
prince of Andorra and self declared regent for 'absent' king of France - crown added)
1931 (taking the flag of the Spanish Second Republic as model, a horizontal triband is used from 1931 to 1939)
1866 (the condominium becomes Consell General de las Valls) (a blue band added to represent the rights of France over Andorra - flag by Napoléon 3 ???)
1814 (independence)
1806 (French protection revived - France represented by prefect of Ariège)
1793 (France renounced its co-prince role - Bishop of Urgell becomes the sole ruler)
+
1589 (King of Navarra becomes King of France / Kingdom of France + bishop of LA SEU D'URGELL) (Edict of Union of France and Navarre signed in 1620)
+
1479 (Count of Foix becomes King of Navarra / Kingdom of Navarra + bishop of LA SEU D'URGELL)
+
1278 (Les Valls d'Andorra / Valleys of Andorra constituted as a condominium betwin the Count of FOIX and the bishop of LA SEU D'URGELL)
1095 (Viscounts of CABOET)
988 (The bishop of LA SEU D'URGELL)
814 (Louis 1 of France) (banner ONLY
putative and VERY PROBABLY NOT existin in 814)
800 (Carolus Magnus Empire)
785 (Frankish Empire) (banner ONLY
putative and VERY PROBABLY NOT existin in 785)
714 (Arab conquest - Umayyad Califate / Moors)
476 (Visigoths) (Gothic banner - maybe blue insted of purple - putative flag anyway)
70 BC (Roman Empire)
NOTE #1 :
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter BLUE & a 4° quarter GREEN and is dated 1866 and sometimes dated 1949....
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter RED & a 4° quarter GREEN and is dated 1958....
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter BLUE & a 4° quarter RED and is dated 1959....
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter BLUE & a 4° quarter YELLO with both cows REVERSED and is dated 1939.... just like here > www.rbvex.it/andorra.html
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter WHITE & a 4° quarter YELLO and is dated 1939 and sometimes dated 1800....
sometimes the shield has a 1° quarter WHITE & a 4° quarter RED and is dated 1969....
sometimes the shield has a 3° quarter RED with a bishop cross insted of the 4 bars of Catalunya and is dated 1949 and sometimes dated 1870....
the VERY SAME shield on this chart is edited 1893....
the PRESENT shield with a 1° quarter RED & a 4° quarter YELLO is dated 1939 just like here > www.rbvex.it/andorra.html and sometimes dated 1971 like here > flaglog.com/1971
and Roberto BRESCHI says "Per porre rimedio alle
molte varianti a cui era soggetto il disegno della bandiera
(proporzioni, tonalità cromatiche, scudo con o senza corona, con o
senza la scritta, smalti), il 5 maggio 1999 il governo del principato
ha approvato alcune norme che riguardano i suoi simboli. I colori sono
codificati Pantone (il blu appare piuttosto scuro, il rosso vivo e il
giallo tendente all'oro). Le proporzioni del drappo sono 7/10 e la
striscia centrale con lo scudo è più larga di quelle laterali in
rapporto 4,5/4. Anche lo scudo è ora ben definito in tutti i
particolari." WHILE Brendan
HENNESSY says "ANDORRA • The design of the national flag was slightly
adjusted on August 27."
So, as it's JUST COMPLETELY CRAZY
to find a COHERENT timeline for the evolution of the shield of Andorra
across the the eras (with CRAZY tons of so different dezigns &
combinations of colors for the shield), I decided to TRUST this very
source titled "Andorra fa molt de temps, Història i creacióde la nostra bandera" > www.andorraantiga.com/historia-de-la-bandera-i-l-escut-d-andorra.html
NOTE #2 :
This is the coat of arms (COA) of the diocese / bishopric of Urgell.
MARKO's project of a new shield for Andorra both + LOGIC & also + BEAUTIFUL (I DO think !!!)
So THE VERY COA of ANDORRA should have been JUST LIKE THAT.... BUT whilst the bishop of Urgell is ex-officio Co-Prince of Andorra, his personal coat of arms has no relevance to the arms of Andorra. The mitre and crozier are a GENERIC representation of the bishopric, but are not intended to be the actual arms of the bishopric of Urgell.... which is just TOO BAD FOR ME as I DO think it loox much + beautiful this way.
7 PARISHES :
ANDORRA LA VELLA
CANILLO
ENCAMP
ESCALDES
LA MASSANA
ORDINO
SANT JULIA