capital : ANDORRA LA VELLA
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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 (shield modified a lil bit)
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
