Venezuela - Historical Flags - Republican Age (1830 - )

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See Also

• Venezuela
• Great Colombia Federate Republic

Other Sites:

• History of the Venezuelian flag from VE embassy in Sofia
• Historical Flags site (In Spanish)

Republican Age (1830 to Present Day)

1830 Flags

by Raul Orta, 9 May 2002

This is the Venezuelan Tricolori in 1830, right after the split of the República de Colombia. It sports the Venezuelan Coat of Arms under the "Great Colombia" (downward cornucopias, and a hoist-facing fasces and ax; as opposed to that of the "Great Colombia" [later adopted by Nueva Granada], which had upward cornucopias and a fly-facinf fasces and ax). It was a square flag, to diferentiate itself from those of Nueva Granada and Ecuador. Later, it adop