Portugal

República Portuguesa, Portuguese Republic

Last modified: 2002-06-14 by antonio martins
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• The national flag of Portugal
  • How to fold the portuguese national flag
  • Incorrect depictions of the portuguese national flag
• Portuguese governmental flags
• The portuguese coat of arms and it’s history
• Portuguese subnational flags
• Portuguese military flags
• Portuguese flags for use at sea
  • Portuguese yachting flags
  • Flags of portuguese shipping companies
• Portuguese historical flags
  • Portuguese Warrior Monastic Orders:
    • Christ Knights’ Order
    • Order of Avis
• Portuguese political flags
• Portuguese sport flags
• Portuguese Civil Defense flags
• Miscellaneous portuguese flags

• Jorge Candeias’ site on portuguese vexillology (in portuguese)
• Sérgio Horta’s site on portuguese subnational vexillology (in portuguese)
• António Martins’ site on portuguese vexillology (in portuguese)
• André Serranho’s site on portuguese vexillology (in portuguese)

Flag and coat of arms adopted on 30 June 1911

The portuguese national flag is a 2:3 rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) and red at the fly (3/5). Centered in this partition a coat of arms consisting on an armillary sphere charged with the traditional portuguese shield.
António Martins, 04 Jun 1997

The portuguese constitution is extremely laconic regarding flags. The only specifically vex info there is in Article 11 (National symbols), paragraph 1. and reads (my translation):

The national flag, symbol of the soveregnty of the Republic and of Portugal’s independence, unity and integrity, is the one adopted by the Republic established by the Revolution of 5 October 1910.