Last modified: 2005-01-22 by antonio martins
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Editorial note: Find below links to independentist flags from the early 19th century used in the region of La Plata, which played a major role in the flag history of three independent countries which later arose in that area: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. By all means, these are not the only relevant pre-independence flags of these countries, but are those whose effect straddles across nowdays’ borders. (Find other local historical flags also linked bellow.)
![[horizontal blue / white / blue]](../images/a/ar_1814.gif){kind=small}
Belgrano’s flag: Horizontal
tricolor blue / white / blue. Created in 1812 in Rosario (curr. in Santa Fe,
Argentina), based on a pattern used by independentists since 1810. Originated
the current argentine national flag (which in turn
inspired many argentine provincial flags) and, thru
Louis Aury, is the ancestor of almost all central
american national flags.
![[horizontal blue / white / blue with red slash]](../images/u/uy_artig.gif){kind=small}
Flag of the Federal League,
a.k.a. Artigas’ flag:
Horizontal tricolor blue / white / blue with red slash. Created in 1814,
based on Belgrano’s flag. Used by Artigas’ Confederación de Pueblos
Libres (eastern bank of La Plata: Uruguay and northeastern Argentina).
Adopted as provincial flag of
Entre Ríos (Argentina) and as uruguayan naval jack
earlier in the 20th century.
![[horizontal red / blue / white]](../images/a/ar-mne15.gif){kind=small}
Alternate Artigas’ flag, a.k.a.
Guacaray/Andresito’s flag, Otorgués’ flag, etc.: Horizontal tricolor
red / blue / white. Used locally under Artigas’ Confederación de Pueblos
Libres in 1815 at least in Misiones (curr. in Argentina) and
Montevideo (curr. in Uruguay).
Inspired the current provincial flag of Misiones
(Argentina) and the party flag of Frente
Amplio (Uruguay).
![[horizontal blue / white with ''Libertad o Muerte'' / red ]](../images/p/pla_33or.gif){kind=small}
33 Orientales flag: Horizontal tricolor
horizontal blue / white / red with "Libertad o Muerte" on the white stripe.
The real origin of all these flags (as also its very design) is severely obfuscated bt myth and legend, in spite of (or maybe because of) it’s relative modernness and high popularity. Even the synopsis above may contain many mistakes.