Last modified: 2013-06-22 by francisco gregoric
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This flag has three horizontal stripes: blue-white-blue, with one red thin stripe over each blue stripe. In the centre of the white stripe there is a flower: the mburucuy� flower (Passiflora coerulea). The mburucuy� flower has three pistils that represent the three historical defences of Paysand� City. In popular tradition the mburucuy� flower, called "La Pasionaria" (Passion-flower), symbolizes the Passion of the Lord: the spined crown, the three nails with Jesus was crucified and the five stigmas that injured him.
Diego Soares de Lima Cavestany, 11 Oct 2004
Paysand� flag was first raised on 2 June 1992, and it was designed by Silvio Giordano. The design is based on a Federalist flag used during early 1815, in Jos� Artigas' camp in Arerungu�.
Some Argentine authors say that this flag was used as the first Provincial flag of
Corrientes also. In Uruguay that historical flag is known as "Flag of the League of the Free Peoples", or just "Arerungu� Flag"
The differences with the historical flag are the central symbol added to the central white stripe in Paysand� flag and the proportions: in present day flag the white stripe is wider than in the 1815 flag.
The proportions of the Paysand� flag are 1+1+1+6+1+1+1. The white stripe is twice the wide of a blue stripe (with red stripe included).
Francisco Gregoric, 12 Oct 2004