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Monaco’s national flag is a deliberately spare red-over-white bicolour, defined in Article 7 of the Constitution of 17 December 1962, as revised in 2002...
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About Monaco and its flag
Monaco’s national flag is a deliberately spare red-over-white bicolour, defined in Article 7 of the Constitution of 17 December 1962, as revised in 2002. That article separately describes the Prince’s flag as the arms of the House of Grimaldi on white, so the uncharged national flag should not be confused with the heraldic princely standard. Official Monaco tourism material dates the modern bicolour to 1881.
Flag design and meaning
The national flag has two equal horizontal bands: red across the upper half and white across the lower half. It carries no coat of arms or other central charge. Article 7 distinguishes it from the Prince’s flag, which displays the Grimaldi arms on a white field.
- Red and white bands: Monaco’s official tourism authority identifies red and white as traditional colours of the House of Grimaldi and relates them to the arms of the Republic of Genoa. This is a dynastic and historical association rather than an intrinsic meaning assigned to either colour.
History and adoption
Official Monaco tourism material dates the present bicolour design to 1881, under Prince Charles III. Article 7 of the 1962 Constitution preserves the red-over-white flag as the national flag and refers to an 1881 sovereign ordinance concerning the use of the flags. This records the design’s legal continuity without treating 1881 as an unsupported single adoption date.
How to recognise this flag
- Look for a completely plain horizontal bicolour: red on top and white below, with no emblem.
- Do not confuse it with the Prince’s flag, which Article 7 says places the Grimaldi arms on a white background.
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