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by Jaume Olle'
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On 21 July 1810 appeared, in Santa Fe,
cockardes, banners, bands and flags with the colors yellow and
red. They must means that spanish colors were recognized since
the Junta in Santa Fe, established day before, recognized the
spanish king Fernando VII and the regency government of Cadiz.
The colors were the orign of the current Bogota flag (Santa Fe
full name was Santa Fe de Bogota, now known only as Bogota).
Those colors were used mainly by the so-called Junta de San
Victorino, a popular leadership of the revolt, that on 26 July
obtain decision that the Junta recognizes only the King Fernando
VII but not the regency of Cadiz since Santa fe wanted to be
autonomous, only under the same king as Spain. However, on 16
August 1810 a more moderate autonomist fraction took power. Those
colors were used by the militias of the province of Santa Fe in
1811. On 27 February 1811 santa Fe was converted into the state
of Cundinamarca (recognizing the spanih King) and constitution
was issued on 30 March 1811.
On 7 August 1813 the State of Cundinamarca flag was adopted,
adding a celest stripe to the flag. There is a mistake f of some
vexillologist which attribued the meaning of sea to the blue the,
even Philippe mentions that the flag with seal must have been the
naval ensign. It is quite clear that no ensigns were created by
Cundinamarca because is in inner land, very very far to the coast
and without rivers or lakes. Flag must be only national, civil
and state flag on land and with seal (and inscriptions) as the
military flag. Since is not any exemple available of the military
flag, reconstruction was made according to the text of the law.
Flags of Cundinamarca were plain triband as civil
(and probably state) flag on land, triband with seal (very
similar to the current provincial flag) is doubtefoul (perhaps
state flag on land). Perhaps there is a confusion with the
presidential flag which is certainly the triband with seal but
with motto in the seal which is different from the motto in the
national seal. Square triband with black inscriptions and seal is
a reconstruction of the military flag from Restrepo (JHS and
CUNDINAMARCA inscriptions were added because they are quoted in
the law text but they are not drawn in Restrrepo). Square triband
with gold inscriptions is my reconstruction (the l>aw don't
mention seal neither chains and motto, but only eagle and cap,
and it didn't gave the colour and position of the inscriptions
that I placed in the most normal form and in the most frequent
color for embrodoined inscriptions).
Jaume Olle'