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Partiendo de la simbología republicana en uso en la prensa política del Sexenio revolucionario, el artículo realiza un recorrido por las diferentes formas adoptadas por la emblemática nacional en la época de I República española. Se estudia cómo dicha representación emblemática (alegorías, escudo y sello nacionales) oscila entre el empréstito a símbolos franceses —Marianne, el gorro frigio, entre ellos— y el arraigo en una realidad histórica nacional. Si bien, finalmente, la emblemática oficial de la primera experiencia republicana se caracteriza por una neta tendencia a la desideo-logización y la despolitización con vistas a nacionalizar la república, los debates y vacilaciones en torno a la cuestión de la representación nacional en aquella coyuntura política brindan una interesante reflexión sobre la identidad nacional española.
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Based upon the republican symbolism used in the Sexenio revolucionario
political press, this article describes the different symbols used to represent the Nation, at the time of the First Spanish Republic. It will be shown how the National Emblematic representation (the Nation's allego-ries, the coat of arms, the National seal) wavered between the use of French symbolical models such as the famous Marianne or the Phrygian cap, and a deep embedding in the national historical reality. At last, the main conclusión to be drawn is that the official emblems of the Spanish first democratic experience are characterised by a genuine tendency to minimize the political and ideological content, so that the idea of the Repu-blic might be accepted by the whole nation. Nevertheless, the political debate at that time about the question of National symbolism is an inte-resting opportunity to think over the Spanish national identity.
political press, this article describes the different symbols used to represent the Nation, at the time of the First Spanish Republic. It will be shown how the National Emblematic representation (the Nation's allego-ries, the coat of arms, the National seal) wavered between the use of French symbolical models such as the famous Marianne or the Phrygian cap, and a deep embedding in the national historical reality. At last, the main conclusión to be drawn is that the official emblems of the Spanish first democratic experience are characterised by a genuine tendency to minimize the political and ideological content, so that the idea of the Repu-blic might be accepted by the whole nation. Nevertheless, the political debate at that time about the question of National symbolism is an inte-resting opportunity to think over the Spanish national identity.