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The national flag of Spain (Spanish: Bandera de España), as it's miles defined inside the Constitution of 1978, includes 3 horizontal stripes: purple, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the scale of each crimson stripe. Traditionally, the middle stripe turned into described by the greater archaic term of gualda, and as a result the popular call l. A. Rojigualda (pink-weld).

The foundation of the present day flag of Spain is the naval ensign of 1785, Pabellón de los angeles Marina de Guerra underneath Charles III of Spain. It turned into chosen by means of Charles III himself among 12 different flags designed through Antonio Valdés y Bazán (all proposed flags have been presented in a drawing that is within the Naval Museum of Madrid).[1] The flag remained marine-targeted for lots of the subsequent 50 years, flying over coastal fortresses, marine barracks and different naval property. During the Peninsular War the flag may also be discovered on marine regiments combating inland. Not till 1820 turned into the first Spanish land unit (The La Princesa Regiment) furnished with one and it was now not until 1843 that Queen Isabella II of Spain made the flag professional.

Throughout the nineteenth and 20th centuries, the shade scheme of the flag remained intact, except the Second Republic duration (1931–1939); the only adjustments targeted on the coat of arms.