ANDORRA    (Principality of)    (Principat d'Andorra)    [idiot & bastardized middle ages status since 1278]    [www.ad]

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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.





 

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            ANDORRA LA VELLA                                                            CANILLO                                                                                    ENCAMP

                                                                       
            ESCALDES                                                                               LA MASSANA                                                                          ORDINO                                                                                      SANT JULIA