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The celeste color (light blue) had been suppressed from the
Uruguayan flag because it was associated with the colours of the
Argentinian flag, in times when our national
hero Artigas was fighting for our independence, and instead of being
helped by the Buenos Aires government, he had to fight against them.
This happened around 1815.
Jorge Cajarville, 14 Jun 2000
The red, blue and white colours were used by
Artigas to establish a clear difference
between the flag of the Eastern
Province. This “Eastern” adjective was kept when the
Independence of our country was achieved in 1828, but with
a different meaning. From then on it was known as the
República Oriental del Uruguay, i.e. the
republic east side or the Uruguay river. This is still
today the official name of Uruguay.
Jorge Cajarville, 16 Jun 1999
It is true that this "Oriental" refers to the Eastern bank of
the river Uruguay, hence the official name (before the country was known
as Uruguay, it was refered to as "Banda Oriental"= the eastern bank),
but for this matter, oriental has also that meaning of far east: if we
argentinians talk about orientales, we think more about chinese than
uruguayan, so the translation is quite good, in my humble opinion.
Nicolas Rucks, 14 Jun 2000
The official name of this country since the second constitution of 1917
is "República Oriental del Uruguay" (in the first constitution of
1830 was "Estado Oriental del Uruguay").
The flag of Patria Vieja used by Artigas and his supporters, was in
use between 1814 to 1817. At this time, Artigas was the national leader.
By then the country was known as Provincia Oriental, associated with
Argentina (then called Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata).
The portuguese army invaded the country in july, 1816, and Artigas was
defeated by them. Uruguay was part of the Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil
e Algarves (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves) since july
1821, at the Congreso Cisplatino (Cisplatine congress), which decided
the incorporation. At the Brazil independance, Uruguay become a brazilian
province from february 1824 to october 1828, as a same name by portuguese
ruling: Província Cisplatina.
Rodolfo Tizzi, 10 Jul 2002
Was the current national flag
used also as such in 1825-1830?
António Martins, 23 Jun 1999
I do not know when Uruguay
changed her jack,
but I can tell you why: Because
the Tupamaros used the Artigas flag as
their symbol, [something considered to be] a shameful and blasphemous
profanation of the emblem of José Gervasio Artigas,
National Hero of the Oriental Republic.
Juan Morales, 08 Jun 1998
In a recent visit of the spanish Kings to Uruguay, the Artigas flag,
the national flag and the
33 Orientales flag shown togheter (as usual)
in official acts and military parades.
If profanation exists then why the flag is still used?
Jaume Ollé, 10 Jun 1998
Uruguay had it’s first stripped flag in 1828.08.27.
This flag was simply 9 blue stripes and 8 white stripes.
Jaume Ollé, 08 Feb 2000
I don't know this flag. I think this is an error.
Rodolfo Tizzi, 10 Jul 2002
Almost immediately [after the adoption of the previous
flag] the sun was added to the canton.
Jaume Ollé, 08 Feb 2000
Uruguay’s previous flag had the same sun, but
it had 9 light blue stripes representing each
“department”.
Edward Kovach, 03 Dec 2000
The stripes were also used as 9 of white and 8 of blue.
Jaume Ollé, 08 Feb 2000
At last the sun was officialized in January 11th, 1830, and the
stripes were reduced to nine (5 white and 4 blue).
For many years, the order of the strpes and the
shade of blue changed according to the political situation.
Jaume Ollé, 08 Feb 2000
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