Historical flags of Uruguay

Last modified: 2004-12-28 by francisco gregoric
Keywords: uruguay | oriental | artigas (josé gervasio) | patria vieja | stripes: 9 | stripes: 17 | stripes: 19 | canton: sun | sun: 16 rays | sun: 8 rays |
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• Patria vieja (1813-1815)
• Cisplatine Province (Brazil occupied Uruguay, 1821-1828)

• About first flags of independent Uruguay
• Possible first stripped flag without sun? (1828.08.27)
• First Uruguayan flag with sun canton (1828)
• Second Uruguayan flag with sun canton (1828)
• 9-stripped flag with sun canton (1830)

• Artigas' historical flags (Eastern Bank of La Plata: Uruguay and northeastern Argentina, 1813-1815)
• Independentist flags in La Plata region (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: 1810-1840)
• Uruguay

The celeste color (light blue) had been suppressed from the Uruguayan flag because it was associated with the colours of the Argentinian flag, in times when our national hero Artigas was fighting for our independence, and instead of being helped by the Buenos Aires government, he had to fight against them. This happened around 1815.
Jorge Cajarville, 14 Jun 2000