Flag of Cusco

The flag of Cusco is the official flag of Cusco, Peru. It is a rainbow flag. The order of the colors is: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Sky blue, Blue, Violet.

Official flag of Cusco.

The flag was introduced in 1973 by radio host Raúl Montesinos Espejo to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his Cusco station Tawantinsuyo Radio.

In 1978, it was declared the official emblem of Cusco by mayor Gilberto Muñiz Caparó.[1][2]

Origins

The question of the flag's historicity is closely rated to that of the wiphala or Aymara flag.[3]

María Rostworowski in 2010 was cited as emphasizing the absence of any evidence of such a flag,[4] and the Congress of the Republic of Peru has determined that flag is unsubstantiated by citing the conclusion of National Academy of Peruvian History to the effect that "The official use of the wrongly called 'Tawantinsuyu flag' is a mistake. In the Pre-Hispanic Andean World there did not exist the concept of a flag, it did not belong to their historic context". [1]

See also

References
  1. "La Bandera del Tahuantisuyo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  2. "Acerca de la Bandera del Tahuantinsuyo" (in Spanish). lamula.pe. June 28, 2015. "Encuentros con Hombres Notables. Raúl Montesinos, creador de la Bandera del Tawantinsuyo" (in Spanish). caretas.com.pe. June 10, 2004. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. «I bet my life, the Inca never had that flag, it never existed, no chronicler mentioned it» "¿Bandera gay o del Tahuantinsuyo?". Terra. 19 April 2010.
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