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  2. Flag of Paris - Wikipedia

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    The colours of Paris are the origin of the blue and red stripes in the flag of France, while the white stripe originally symbolised the monarchy. [1] The French flag's colours were adopted as a cockade during the early stages of the French Revolution, when the country was still in the process of becoming a constitutional monarchy.

  3. Flag of France - Wikipedia

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    The national flag of France at the Arc de Triomphe The white flag of the monarchy transformed into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution. Scenes of July 1830, painting by Léon Cogniet (1830) Lamartine, before the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, rejects the Red Flag, 25 February 1848. By Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux

  4. National symbols of France - Wikipedia

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    The French flag is a tricolour that consists of three vertical stripes of equal width, coloured in royal blue, white, and red. It is the only official French emblem, according to article 2 of the current Constitution of France, adopted in 1958.

  5. Why do so many countries have red, white and blue flags? - AOL

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    The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have showcased quite a bit of the red, white and blue colors that many of the national flags have.

  6. List of flags by color combination - Wikipedia

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    Colors white and gold, related to the two metals of European heraldry (argent and or) are sorted first. The five major colors of European heraldry (black, red, green, blue, and purple) are sorted next. Miscellaneous colors (murrey, tan, grey, and pink) are sorted last. Similar colors are grouped together to make navigation of this list practical.

  7. Flags banned, signs ripped up: Why you can’t mention ... - AOL

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    PARIS — The table tennis arena was a churning sea of color, with spectators waving the Chinese five stars and the French tricolor. But despite its athletes competing on the floor, one competitor ...

  8. Olympic mystery solved: The secret of the Paris 2024 logo

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    At first glance, the logo for the Paris Olympics appears to be a flame against a gold background. But look closer, open your mind a touch, and a new image will take shape. Olympic mystery solved ...

  9. Olympic symbols - Wikipedia

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    The original Antwerp Flag was placed on display at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a plaque thanking him for donating it. [30] The flag returned to Antwerp in 2004 and since 2013, the year that Antwerp bore the title of European Sports Capital, [31] the flag was displayed in the entrance hall of Antwerp's city hall. In 2017 ...