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词条 Flag of the Azores
释义

  1. Design

     Construction  Background 

  2. Symbolism

  3. See also

  4. References

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| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = 1979
| Design = Blue and white bands, superimposed by golden goshawk and surmounted by nine stars with traditional Portuguese shield in the left corner.
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The Flag of the Azores ({{lang-pt|Bandeira dos Açores}}) is the regional flag of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It is a rectangular bicolour with a field unevenly divided into blue on the hoist, and white on the fly. Adopted in 1979 by the regional government of the Azores, it is based on the traditional colours and symbols of Portuguese flags used prior to the revolution of 1910.

Design

Construction

The flag is constructed in the same form as the flag of Portugal equal to 1 1⁄2 times its width, or an aspect ratio of 2:3. The background is vertically divided into two colours: blue on the hoist side, and white on the fly.[1] The colour division is made in a way that blue spans 2⁄5 of the length and the remaining 3⁄5 are filled by white (ratio 2-3).[1] Positioned over the border of these two bands are nine five-sided stars in a semi-circular arch over a stylized golden goshawk, with its wings extended so that the end stars.

Background

The Azorean colours have their beginning in the royalist history of the Portuguese nation, first presented in the coat of arms of Henry, Count of Portugal.

During the height of the Portuguese Civil War, in the early 19th century, the Azores served as an important Liberal stronghold, with the prominent Duke of Terceira struggling against the absolutists led by Dom Miguel. The colours of the flag were thus adopted from the Portuguese liberal flag, as to demonstrate the Azores' important role in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in Portugal. The Azorean flag therefore came as an adaption of the flag used from 1830 until 1910, when the monarchy was abolished.

Symbolism

Blue and white were traditional colours used by the Portuguese nation.

The name of the archipelago comes from the Portuguese word açor, meaning goshawk, because it was supposed to be a common bird at the time of the discovery. However these birds never existed on the islands, they actually were a local subspecies of the buzzard (Buteo buteo), that was erroneously identified as goshawks by the first explorers.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} The Portuguese lesser arms are present in the top left corner of the flag.

See also

  • Coat of arms of the Azores
  • Hymn of the Azores

References

Notes
1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.azores.gov.pt/Portal/pt/entidades/pgra/textoImagem/S%C3%ADmbolos+-+A+Bandeira+dos+A%C3%A7ores.htm?lang=pt&area=ct |title=Símbolos - A Bandeira dos Açores |location=Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal |language=Portuguese |author=Governo Regional dos Açores}}
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2 : Flags of Portugal|Government of the Azores

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