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Gabriel García Moreno, upon assuming power two days after the Battle of Guayaquil in September 1860, the yellow, blue and red triband was returned to use; its reinstatement on 26 September is commemorated as Día de la Bandera, or National Flag Day in English. [12] [14] Previously, a vertical white, blue and white flag was used. In the middle ...
Ecuador was subsumed into Gran Colombia, during which time the Colombian horizontal tricolour became definitive. Although Ecuador seceded from that union in 1830, the flag was retained until 1845. 1830–1835: Provisional flag of the State of Ecuador, decreed on 19 November 1830. 1835–1845
The "Patriots of 10 de Agosto" adopted as their flag a red banner with a white sail, to indicate their opposition to Spain, whose military flag was white with the red sail of Saint Andrés (known as the sail of Borgoña). [1] The emblem was used by the quiteño patriots who resisted the Spanish counterattack in 1812.
National symbols of Ecuador are the representative symbols that are used by Ecuador to represent the nation, reflecting different aspects of the cultural life and history. . The official symbols or emblems of Ecuador are established by law and part of the Political Constitution of Ecuad
Within the republican history, it is the second one, if the red flag with a white X-cross is supposed to be valid, which was supposedly the one of August 10, 1809. In practice, it is the first flag that represented a truly free territory as that today is Ecuador. There is still confusion about the representation of the 3 stars of the central strip.
Ecuadorian law describes the arms as follows: [1] The Arms of Ecuador shall be an oval shield containing inside, in the upper part the sun with the part of the Zodiac where one finds the signs corresponding to the memorable months of March, April, May and June; in the lower part, to the right shall be represented the historical mountain Chimborazo, wherefrom shall start a river, and where it ...
Armiger: City of Quito: Adopted: 1541: Crest: Golden helmet, with gules and azure feathers.: Shield: Castle of silver tucked between two hills, with a green cellar at the foot of each of them, and also on top of said castle an or cross with a green foot held by two black eagles, cracked with or, at the sides, put in flight, all in a red field, and by border a cord of St. Francis of or in blue ...
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