Spain biography

"Spanish flag" redirects here. For other uses, see Spanish flag (disambiguation).

The flag of Spain (Bandera de España),^[a] as it is defined in the Constitution of , consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe.

Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name la Rojigualda (red-weld).

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That middle stripe bears the Coat of Arms.

The origin of the current flag of Spain is the naval ensign of , Pabellón de la Marina de Guerra, by Decrée of Charles&#;III of Spain, where it is also referred as national flag. It was chosen by Charles III himself from 12 different flags designed by Antonio Valdés y Bazán.^[1] All proposed flags were presented in a drawing, which is in the Naval Museum of Madrid.^[2] The flag remained marine-focused for most of the next 50 years and flew over coastal fortresses, marin