Flag of Galicia
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Use | State flag |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 29 May 1984 (Current version) |
Design | White field with a blue band crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right. The State flag also has the coat of arms on top. |
Use | Civil flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 6 April 1981 |
Design | White field white with a blue band crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right |
The flag of Galicia appeared for first time in the 19th century, probably based on the colours of the ancient medieval flags of the
Origin
During the 19th century, many thousands of
Design
Originally, the flag for the maritime province of A Coruña was a blue
In 1891 the St Andrew's Cross flag had to be modified because it was causing confusion with the flag of the Imperial Russian Navy. Hence, it was decided to drop one of the arms of the cross. The result was the modern Galician flag.
Specification
The flag of Galicia is white, with a blue diagonal band which crosses it from the top left-hand corner to the bottom-right.
— Article 6 of theGalician Statute of Autonomy
The law of symbols of Galicia (29 May 1984) regulates the official colours, proportions and uses of the Galician symbols. The symbols of Galicia are the civil flag, which is the blue and white flag, the coat of arms of Galicia, and the flag, which is the result of adding the coat of arms over the civil flag.[2]
The coat of arms of Galicia was actually the former flag of the Kingdom of Galicia prior to the creation of the modern flag in the 19th century. In the early 1980s, the Royal Galician Academy asked the Galician Government to incorporate the former flag of the Kingdom of Galicia onto the modern flag. The result of that suggestion was the State Flag. The State Flag features the Galician coat of arms over the common civil flag, and it is the official flag that must be displayed in all institutional events of the national and local governments in Galicia.
"The flag of Galicia shall have the official Coat of Arms when displayed on public buildings and institutional events in Galicia", Law 5/1984 of Symbols of Galicia, Article 2.2.
Historical flags
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Recreation of the royal standard of the Suebi dynasty
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Royal standard of Ramiro I of Asturias, featuring the Cross of Saint James
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Historical flag of the Kingdom of Galicia
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Flag of the Kingdom of Galicia (16th century)
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Maritime flag of Galicia as seen in The Maritime Flags and Standards of All Nations by Alphonso Figsbee (1856)
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Flag of the Council of Galicia (Exiled Galician government in Montevideo, 1946)
Other flags
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Flag of the Plataforma Nunca Máis
- Many Bloque Nacionalista Galego(Galician National Party).
- Following the oil spill of the petrol tanker Prestige off the Galician coast in 2002, Galician demonstrators used a Galician flag dyed in black with the phrase Nunca Máis (Never Again). This flag has become a very popular symbol for environmental activism in Galicia.
See also
References
- ^ "Galiciana: Biblioteca Dixital de Galicia". 6 June 2011.
- ^ "v. Comunidades Autónomas" (PDF). Boe.es. 1985. Retrieved 20 May 2018.