Flag of the Federal League, a.k.a. Artiga’s flag (Eastern Bank of La Plata: Uruguay and northeastern

Confederación de Pueblos Libres; Liga Federal; Banda Oriental

Last modified: 2005-01-22 by antonio martins
Keywords: artigas (josé gervasio) | belgrano (manuel) | ramírez (francisco) | banda oriental | la plata | eastern bank | confederación de pueblos libres |
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• Historical background
• Description of the flag

• Independentist flags in La Plata region (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: 1810-1840)
• Variant Artigas flag
• Historical flags of Uruguay
• Historical flags of Argentina

• Jaume Ollé’s page about the flags of Banda Oriental

Historical background

Agustin Beraza in its book The flags of Artigas [bza57], describes both current provincial flags, Misiones and Entre Ríos, as banderas de Artigas. He forgets that:

1. st: the current Entre Ríos provincial flag is locally known as Ramírez’ flag.
2. nd: that in the day of Ramírez and Artigas it was known as the Federation Flag, as it stood for a movement, not for a person.
3. rd: that it was hoisted for the fist time in Santa Fe.
4. th: The provincial flag of Misiones is doubtful; sources were never confirmed of verified.

The flag of the Federal Legue (Liga Federal) was created in 1814 by José Gervasio Artigas. It was hoisted for the first time in 1815.01.13 and used for the first time in the Banda Oriental (eastern bank of La Plata) in 1815.02.26.
Jaume Ollé, 20 Aug 2000, translated by António Martins

This flag was used in the provinces of

• Entre Ríos, in 1815.03.13-1822.03.12 (Herreñu), and 1824-1832 (Sola)
• Catamarca, in early 1815

Description of the flag

The exact specs of the original flag are not known, due to conflicting reports: The white stripe might have been wider than the blue stripes, or not; and the red bend might have been very wide or not so.
Jaume Ollé, 20 Aug 2000, translated and adapted by António Martins

The flag of Artigas, the national hero of Uruguay, was adapted from the Belgrano flag by adding a diagonal red stripe. This flag is now the naval jack of Uruguay and the flag of the province of Entre Ri