Conciliation humourous proposal for the new portuguese national flag (1910-1911) (original) (raw)


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humour conciliation project
image by Jorge Candeias, 15 Jun 1998

Description of the flag

Back in 1910, a number of different designs where proposed for the flag of the new republic, and this originated a large and not always peacefuldebate. A number of conciliation projects arose in the process, and this one is a very peculiar one. It was published in some newspaper or magazine, labelled «projecto de conciliação nacional — para todos os paladares" (project for national conciliation — for all possible tastes), and I won’t even try to describe it.
Jorge Candeias, 15 Jun 1998

This is a curious flag: it’s a proposal for a new portuguese flag after the fall of the monarchy in 1910. The proposal was designed in Octuber or November of 1910. In the center the _quinas_were formed by playing cards (five of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs, except the central card that is the ace of hearts).
Jaume Ollé, 4 Oct 1996

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