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Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija [a] ... The flag of Samogitia depicts the coat of arms on a white background. It is a swallowtail flag. [19]
Samogitians (Samogitian: žemaitē, Lithuanian: žemaičiai, Latvian: žemaiši) are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania.Many speak the Samogitian language, which in Lithuania is mostly considered a dialect of the Lithuanian language together with the Aukštaitian dialect. [1]
Samogitia has a flag and a coat of arms dating from the time of the Duchy of Samogitia; [citation needed] these symbols are considerably older [citation needed] than the flag of Lithuania. Lithuania Minor has a flag used since the 17th century, [citation needed] and an anthem originating from the 19th century
The flag was officially designated in 1918, and was re-instituted in 1988. Yellow represents the sun, light, and goodness, green symbolizes the beauty of nature, freedom, and hope, and red stands for the land, courage, and the blood spilled for Lithuania. The colors of the flag also appear in clothing, URLs [dubious – discuss], and team uniforms.
3) official State symbols and insignia (flags, coat-of-arms, anthems, banknote designs, and other State symbols and insignia) the protection of which is regulated by other legal acts; 4) officially registered drafts of legal acts;
Samogitia and Lithuania proper in a 1712 map by Henri Chatelain. The Duchy was located in what today is several counties (apskritis) in Lithuania: a small part of Kaunas County (Kauno Apskritis), the western part Šiauliai County (Šiaulių Apskritis), Tauragė County (Tauragės Apskritis), Telšiai County (Telšių Apskritis), the northern part of Klaipėda County (Klaipėdos Apskritis) and ...
[citation needed] In 1791 Stanisław August Poniatowski, king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, confirmed once again that Šiauliai's city rights and granted it a coat of arms which depicted a bear, the symbol of Samogitia, the Eye of Providence, and a red bull, the symbol of the Poniatowski family. The modern coat of arms has been ...
The Samogitian museum "ALKA" and Open-Air Museum of Rural Life of Samogitia. 47 bear sculptures of various sizes and shapes in Telšiai city. The bear is an ancient symbol of Samogitia. Cheese house-museum "DŽIUGAS". A.Jonušo Samogitian-Japanese-Chinese Homestead-Museum. Shore of the lake Mastis and sculpture park.