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Flag Of The Masovian Voivodeship
The flag of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland is a red rectangle with silver (white) eagle, with golden (yellow) beak and legs, located on the left side of the flag. Design The current flag of the Masovian Voivodeship is a red rectangle with the aspect ratio of height to width of 5:8. On its left side is located silver (white) eagle with golden (yellow) beak and legs. The eagle has been adopted from the coat of arms of the voivodeship, and was based on the coat of arms used by Masovian Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, from 1526 to 1795. History In 1410, during the Battle of Grunwald, the forces of Siemowit IV, duke of the duchies of Płock, and Rawa, located in Masovia, used a red banner with a with the white eagle, with elevated wings, and its head turned left. In the same battle, the forces of Janusz I of Warsaw, duke of the Duchy of Warsaw, used a banner that was divided into 4 equal fields. The top left and bottom right fields were white, with a red dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The voivodeship has an area of and, as of 2019, a population of 5,411,446, making it the largest and most populated voivodeship of Poland. Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.783 million) in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (212,230) in the south, Płock (119,709) in the west, Siedlce (77,990) in the east, and Ostrołęka (52,071) in the north. The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazovia, with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piast Dragon
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Czersk is a legendary creature in folklore of Masovia in Poland, that is depicted as a Slavic dragon or wyvern. It was used in the coat of arms of the Masovian Piast dynasty, most notably in the coat of arms of the Duchy of Czersk and the Duchy of Warsaw (Middle Ages), Duchy of Warsaw, where it was depicted respectively as a green and red dragon with red tongue and claws.Jan Długosz, ''Roczniki czyli kroniki sławnego Królestwa Polskiego''. History According to some historians, the dragon was adapted in Polish heraldry from the Matter of Britain. It most likely was introduced as a coat of arms of the Czersk Land thanks to Magnus, son of Harold Godwinson, Magnus, son of Harold Godwinson, king of Kingdom of England, England, that was a komes in Masovia in the 12th century. The oldest known appearance of the Piast Dragon is the seal of duke Trojden I, Duke of Masovia, Trojden I, ruler of the Duchy of Warsaw (Middle Ages), Duchy of Warsaw, that was use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
