Spain Flag

Flag for sale Spain Flag

The flag of Spain, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe is twice the size of each red stripe. Traditionally, the yellow stripe was called by the ancient term of gualda, and got the popular name of rojigualda (red-weld).

Legend says that the colours of the Spanish flag come from the bullfight arena - the yellow is the sand of the arena and the red is the blood. The colours of the flag of Spain were more likely to have been chosen as they were the colours of King Ferdinand´s coat of arms.

The Spanish coat of arms consists of two crown-topped pillars of Hercules with red banners wrapped round them displaying the Latin words, "PLUS ULTRA," which means "More Beyond," It is referred to the discovery of the New World by Columbus. The two columns are on either side of a shield of 4 quarters - a castle, a lion with a crown, red and yellow vertical stripes, chain mail, with three fleurs-de-lis in an oval in the center. On the shield there is a red and gold crown.

The columns are the Pillars of Hercules, which represent Gibraltar and Ceuta on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar.