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The ikurrina flag (in Basque) [1] or ikurriña (Spanish spelling of the Basque term) [2] is a Basque symbol and the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community of Spain. This flag consists of a white cross over a green saltire on a red field.
The movement intensified after 1866, and a motto was coined, the "Laurac bat", 'the four make one', echoing the "Irurac bat" of the Royal Basque Company, which in turn crystallized in a coat of arms including the four historic Basque districts in Spain (called variously the Sister Provinces, the Chartered Territories, the Basque Country, the ...
This gallery of flags of the autonomous communities of Spain shows the distinctive flags of the 17 autonomous communities (constitutionally they are the nationalities and regions in which Spain is territorially organized), plus the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Flag of the Basque Country (the Ikurriña) The red ground symbolizes Biscayan people (the race); the green saltire represents the Oak of Guernica, a symbol of the old Basque laws, or Fueros; and the white cross over them as a symbol of Basque Catholic devotion. Flag of the Canary Islands
Download QR code; Print/export ... 1880s in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ... 1881 in Spain (3 C, 3 P) 1882 in Spain (3 C, ...
"Basque (Country) [Vasco (País)], Euscalerria or Euskalerria: Region of south-western Europe, an area inhabited especially by the 'Basques': they keep unity with regards to race and language, in spite of one sector belonging to Spain (see Spanish Basque Country [País Vasco-Español]) and the other to France (see French Basque Country [País ...
This is a list of flags of provinces of Spain.The flags are listed per autonomous community.The list also discusses coat of arms as most flags feature them. In addition to the provinces which have no official flag (A Coruña, Zamora and the whole Valencian Community: Alicante, Castellón, Valencia), which sometimes use erroneously the capital town flag, or with the variants sometimes used by ...
The lauburu (from Basque lau, "four" + buru, "head") is an ancient hooked cross with four comma-shaped heads and the most widely known traditional symbol of the Basque Country and the Basque people. [1] In the past, it has also been associated with the Galicians, Illyrians and Asturians. [citation needed]