On 13 July 2020, President Emmanuel Macron reverted, without any statement and with no orders for other institutions to use a specific version, to the darker hue for the presidential Élysée Palace, as a symbol of the French Revolution. Both versions were used from then town halls, public buildings and barracks usually fly the darker version of the flag, but the lighter version was sometimes used even on official State buildings. The blue stripe has usually been a dark navy blue a lighter blue (and slightly lighter red) version was introduced in 1974 by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. In English blazon, the flag is described as tierced in pale azure, argent and gules. No law has specified the shades of these official colours. Īrticle 2 of the French constitution of 1958 states that "the national emblem is the tricolour flag, blue, white, red". Since 2020, France has used the older variant by default, including at the Élysée Palace. Since 1976, there have been two versions of the flag in varying levels of use by the state: the original (identifiable by its use of navy blue) and one with a lighter shade of blue. The royal white flag was used during the Bourbon Restoration from 1815 to 1830 the tricolour was brought back after the July Revolution and has been used since then, except for an interruption for a few days in 1848. A modified design by Jacques-Louis David was adopted in 1794. The colours and design of the cockade are the basis of the Tricolour flag, adopted in 1790, originally with the red nearest to the flagpole and the blue farthest from it. This cockade became part of the uniform of the National Guard, which succeeded the militia and was commanded by Lafayette. According to French general Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, white was the "ancient French colour" and was added to the militia cockade to form a tricolour, or national, cockade of France. Early in the French Revolution, the Paris militia, which played a prominent role in the storming of the Bastille, wore a cockade of blue and red, the city's traditional colours. The tricolour scheme was later adopted by many other nations in Europe and elsewhere, and, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past".īefore the tricolour was adopted the royal government used many flags, the best known being a blue shield and gold fleur-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white background, or state flag. The design was adopted after the French Revolution while not the first tricolour, it became one of the most influential flags in history. It is known to English speakers as the Tricolour ( French: Tricolore), although the flag of Ireland and others are also so known. The national flag of France (French: drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side), white, and red. The photos, which Defensionem recently published, show two French Army forts in Mali, where France, the U.S., and several other European countries are assisting the national government as it battles an Islamist insurgency.An interchangeable variant of the national flag with lighter shades The shape of the forts, as well as their outlying moats, are designed to allow defenders to fire on the flanks of attacking ground troops while offering no cover to those trying to breach its defenses. Let's nerd out over it together.Ī French base in Mali is roughly based on the works of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, a military engineer who developed the concept of star-shaped fortresses. The French Army is drawing on a 350-year-old fortification pattern to protect its troops in North Africa.
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