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It is one of only two square country flags in the world, the other being that of Switzerland. Historical Latin and Benelux Nations : 1866– Andorra See also: List of Andorran flags: The flag of Andorra, adopted in 1866, is a tricolour of blue, yellow, and red with the coat of arms of Andorra in the centre. It is based on the flags of France ...
The flag is a banner of the provincial arms; in practice, the lion is shown dark yellow/orange. The arms o are "Sable a lion or armed and langued gules an escutcheon gules a fess argent, the shield surmuonted by a Ducal coronet and supported by two lions or armed and langued gules on a wrought iron or".
List of country subdivision flags in Europe This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 20:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
This page lists the city flags in Europe. It is a part of the Lists of city flags , which is split into continents due to its size. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Flag of Europe. A "Flag of Europe" was introduced by the Council of Europe in 1955, originally intended as a "symbol for the whole of Europe", [26] but due to its adoption by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1985, and hence by the European Union (EU) as the successor organisation of the EEC, the flag is now strongly associated with the ...
Europe of 100 Flags is a concept developed by Breton nationalist Yann Fouéré in his 1968 book, L'Europe aux Cent Drapeaux. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It proposes a redrawing of European borders away from already existing nations to smaller regional polities, in a way that more resembles a map of the region during the Middle Ages , including the creation of ...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
English: Map of Europe with the flag of each country embedded. Included are the UN members/observers that are either geographically partially or entirely located in Europe (which all but Armenia and, arguably, Cyprus are) or a member of the Council of Europe (which all but Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Vatican are).