France Flag

A bit of History

The flag of France dates from the French Revolution and has three vertical bands of equal size in blue and red at the edges, the colors of the shield and the flag of Paris, and white in the center strip, the color of the monarchy. The design is attributed to the Marquis de Lafayette and initially the colors were in reverse order, until the rainy 27, Year II (15th of February, 1794), during the First Republic, was adopted as the national flag with the current design.After the Bourbon restoration, the tricolor flag was replaced by a completely white. In 1830 Louis Philippe ascended the throne as designating the tricolor national flag, and has been ever since.