Flag of Peru

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Peru
José Bernardo de Tagle
Simón Bolívar
Pabellón nacional (National Pavilion)
state and naval ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted31 March 1950; 75 years ago (1950-03-31)
DesignA vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white with the National Coat of Arms centered on the white band.
Bandera de guerra (War flag)
UseWar flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted4 July 1901; 123 years ago (1901-07-04)
DesignA vertical triband of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white.
Bara de proa (Naval jack)
Proportion1:1
DesignA red square with the white square in the center bearing the Coat of Arms (Escudo de Armas) in the center.

The Flag of Peru (

Flag day in Peru is celebrated on 7 June, the anniversary of the Battle of Arica
.

Design and symbolism

Coat of arms

Main article: Coat of arms of Peru

Meaning of the colors

Red represents the blood that was spilled by the fallen freedom fighters that fought for the independence of the country. White represents purity and peace. However, the colours are also linked to the Chilean flamingo, or parihuana, a red and white type of flamingo that General San Martín dreamed about during the revolution.[2]

Color approximations

The current colors of the Peruvian flag were taken of the design of

Torre Tagle. The reasons why red and white were chosen are unknown.[citation needed
]

Official tones determined by Peruvian laws do not exist. However, there are some particular initiatives in approximated equivalents in multiple color models, some in tones close to crimson.[3]

Red White
RGB 217-16-35 255-255-255
Hexadecimal #D91023 #FFFFFF
CMYK 0, 93, 84, 15 0, 0, 1, 0
Pantone 485 C White

At official level, the governmental communications have used diverse shades of red.[4]

Construction sheet.

Variants

Civil flag

The civil flag or ensign (bandera nacional) is used by citizens. It has no additions to the common form. It was changed several times; before 1950 it looked like the current national flag and was used as both the civil and the state flag, when General Manuel A. Odría removed the coat of arms from the flag and created the state and war flags. The Civil flag lacks coat of arms.

State flag

The

Government Palace, the United Nations, etc.[5]

War flag

The

Peruvian military and national police and is typically inscribed with the service, name and number of the unit flying it.[5]

The

naval jack
(bandera de proa) is not based on the triband. It is a square flag, consisting of a white square with the coat of arms (Escudo de Armas) on a red field. It is used on warships, usually with the ensign of the highest-ranking officer on board above it.

History

Main article:
Flags of Peru

Proposed flag of 1820

Flag hoisted by Admiral Miller in October 1820.

During the

General William Miller hoisted in Tacna the first flag that represented the emerging country. Though the original flag itself is now lost, it was described as navy blue with a golden sun in the center representing Inti
.

Flag of 1820

First republican flag, created by General José de San Martín.

The first flag of the

mascaipacha of Inca kings and of the ensign of the Spanish king at that time.[7]
The flag proved difficult to adopt due to its complex construction; without standardized measurements in place at the time, a triangular flag proved difficult to build.

Flag of March 1822

Second design, by Torre Tagle.

In March 1822,

José Bernardo de Tagle, Marquis of Torre Tagle and Supreme Delegate of the Republic, who replaced San Martín provisionally when the latter traveled to Guayaquil, decreed a new design for the flag. This consisted of a horizontal triband, with a white band between two red ones, and a golden Inti
at the center, similar to the flag of Argentina. This modification was justified, according to Torre Tagle, by the inconvenience in the construction of the previous version, among other issues.

A problem came up on the battlefields: the resemblance with the Spanish flag, especially from far away, made the distinction between the armies difficult, which led to a new change to the flag.

Flag of May 1822

Third design.

On 31 May 1822, Torre Tagle changed the flag's design again. The new version was a vertical triband, with red outer bands and a white middle band, with a golden sun representing Inti at the center.

Flag of 1825

Fourth flag, created in 1825.

On 25 February 1825, during Simón Bolívar's administration, the Constituent Congress changed the design of the flag by promulgating the law of national symbols. The fundamental change was the image of the sun for the brand new coat of arms, designed by José Gregorio Paredes and Francisco Javier Cortés.

In this way, the flag was definitely constituted by two vertical bands of red at the ends and white at the center, with the coat of arms at the center of the middle band.

Flags of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation era, 1836–1839

Flag of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, 1836–1839.
Flag of the Republic of South Peru, 1836–1839.

From 1836 to 1839, Peru was temporarily dissolved into the Republics of South Peru and North Peru, which joined Bolivia to form the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.

The South was formed first, thus adopting a new flag: a red vertical band on the left, with a golden sun and four small stars above (representing

Puno
, the four groups of the republic), and the right side divided into an upper green band and a lower white one. The North kept the currency and all of the dissolved Peru, including its flag.

The flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation showed the coats of arms of Bolivia, South and North Peru, from left to right and slanted at different angles, on a red field, adorned by a laurel crown. Another version of the flag of the confederacy is offered by Flags of the World.[8]

After the dissolution of the Confederation, the old Republic of Peru was restored to its 1836 composition, as were its national symbols.

Flag of 1884

Fifth flag, created in 1884.

After the War of the Pacific, the coat of arms in the flag was slightly altered to represent the territory lost after the Treaty of Ancón.

Flag of 1950

In 1950, President Odría modified the national flag to its current form, removing the coat of arms from the civil flag, since it was used de facto, being easier to make. The national ensign and war flag were created for exclusive uses, each with a variant of the coat of arms, which was also changed slightly. These remain as the official flags today.[9][5]

The Marcha de Banderas

The Marcha de Banderas (

SM Jose Sabas Libornio Ibarra who said President Nicolás de Piérola, he disagreed with the indiscriminate interpretation of the National Anthem
at all official events that were derived from civic events. In December of that year was officially recognized to be executed in any official act.

Arriba, arriba, arriba el Perú
y su enseña gloriosa inmortal,
llevad en alto siempre
la bandera nacional.

Tal la llevaron con gloria y honor,
héroes peruanos de invencible ardor.
Arriba, arriba siempre la bandera nacional.

Es la bandera del Perú,
de blanco y rojo color,
cual llamarada de amor,
que en Ayacucho y en Junín
victoriosa amaneció con el
sol de la Libertad

Todo peruano ha de sentir,
vibrar en su corazon
amor al patrio pendón,
y bajo sus pliegues luchar,
y si fuera menester
por sus lauros y honor morir.

Long live, long live, long live Peru
and its glorious immortal ensign,
always carry aloft
the national flag.

They carried it thusly, with glory and honor,
Peruvian heroes with invincible ardor.
Going up, always up, the national flag.

This is the flag of Peru,
of white and red in color,
as a flame of love,
which in Ayacucho and Junín
it dawned victorious with the
Sun of

Liberty


Every Peruvian shall feel
in his heart vibrating,
the love for the national flag
and fight under its folds,
and if ever needed
for its laurels and honor, die.

In all occasions today the song is sung in its entirety, formerly during the presidency of Alan Garcia only the first 3 were sung.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Political Constitution of Peru" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Symbols of Peru". Project Peru. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Peru".
  4. ^ "Gobierno del Perú" (in Spanish).
  5. ^ a b c "Ley que unifica y armoniza la regulación de los símbolos de la patria, símbolos del estado y emblemas nacionales - LEY - N° 32251 - CONGRESO DE LA REPUBLICA". busquedas.elperuano.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ^ Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán (1868). Historia del Perú independiente. pp. 75–. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  7. ^ Jorge Fernández Stoll. "Los orígenes de la bandera", Lima, Sociedad Bolivariana de Lima, 1953
  8. ^ "Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation (1838-1839)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Decreto Ley Nº 11323" (PDF). 31 March 1950.

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