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The Croatian flag consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in the pan-Slavic colours red, white and blue. In the middle is the Coat of Arms of Croatia. Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111000. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000110. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000001. ... Slavic flag proposed by the Pan-Slav convention in Prague in 1848 Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid 19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic people. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... White is a color, (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic colorâ€”black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... The Croatian coat of arms consists of one main coat of arms and five smaller ones that crown the main one. ...

The red-white-blue tricolour has been used as the Croatian flag since 1848, symbolizing the Pan-Slavic colours. While Croatia was part of Yugoslavia its tricolour was the same, but it had a five-pointed red star with a yellow border in place of the coat of arms. The star was replaced by the coat in May of 1990, shortly after the first multi-party elections. The current flag and the coat of arms were formally adopted on December 21, 1990, about ten months before the proclamation of independence from Yugoslavia. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Panslavic flag approved at the Pan-Slav convention in Prague in 1848 The Pan-Slavic colours, red, blue and white, are colours used on the flags of some Slavic peoples and states in which the majority of inhabitants possess a Slavic background. ... Official language Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991) - Total - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 kmÂ² Negligible Population - Total (2004) - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/kmÂ² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem... French tricolour flag A tricolour is a flag or banner having three colours, usually in approximately equal size (horizontally or vertically) and lacking additional symbols. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Historical flags

Flag of Socialist Republic of Croatia in Yugoslavia, 1945-1990 Image File history File links Flag_of_SR_Croatia. ... Official language Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991) - Total - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 kmÂ² Negligible Population - Total (2004) - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/kmÂ² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem...

Flag of the Independent State of Croatia, 1941-1945 Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia_Ustasa. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia inside Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918 Image File history File links Zastava00001. ... Coat of arms Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia. ... Map of Croatia with Dalmatia highlighted Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

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Screenshot of the Flags of the World website Official flag Flags of the World (or FOTW) is the Internets largest website devoted to vexillology, containing comprehensive information about all kinds of flags. ...

Flags of Europe

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Territories: Åland • Faroe Islands • Gibraltar • Guernsey • Jan Mayen • Jersey • Isle of Man • Svalbard Flag of Ã…land The flag of Ã…land points to the location of the islands - it is the Swedish flag with an additional red cross symbolising Finland. ...

Categories: National flags | Croatian cultural icons A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ...

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