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![[humour conciliation project]](../images/p/pt!pnc.gif)
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 peaceful
debate. 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 clubs, five of diamonds, five of…, except the central card that is
the ace of hearts).
Jaume Ollé, 4 Oct 1996