The flag of
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
consisted of two identical horizontal stripes of
blue and
yellow. Like the
Croatian flag
The national flag of Croatia ( hr, Zastava Hrvatske) or The Tricolour () is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colours red, white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms of Croatia.
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, it draws its modern roots from the period of the
Austrian Empire, specifically from the
Kingdom of Dalmatia. The
coat of arms of Dalmatia - blue with three golden crowned leopard (lion guardant) heads - is never used on it, it is a simple yellow over blue bicolour without any emblem, as was custom of Austrian ''"landesfarben"''. The coat of arms was possibly sometimes set in it, but this was far from official.
The bi-colour flag of Dalmatia was designed in 1802 and made for the first time made in 1803. The flag is officially in use as a flag of Kingdom of Dalmatia since 1822. when it was accepted by Royal Council in Zadar. After 1918. there was no administrative region of Dalmatia, and no flag was used. The Dalmatian counties of modern-day Croatia inherit blue and yellow colours, but no one has the right to "claim" the entire historical Dalmatian coat of arms. The coat of arms is, on the other hand, included in the Croatian coat of arms and the flag.
[Ċ½eljko Heimer, February 8 2002]
However, mostly as souvenirs, the banners of arms of Dalmatia were sometimes used, and occasionally Italian groups with pretensions on Dalmatia, or those who left Dalmatia after
World War II, used such flags in the last 50 years - always unofficially. An alternate version of the flag, featuring
bleu celeste
Bleu celeste (, "sky blue") is a rarely occurring and non-standard tincture in heraldry (not being one of the seven main colours or metals or the three ''staynard colours''). This tincture is sometimes also called ciel or simply celeste. It ...
instead of azure, is almost indistinguishable from the modern
flag of Ukraine, though there is no connection between the two.
See also
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Coat of arms of Dalmatia
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Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
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History of Dalmatia
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Kingdom of Dalmatia
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Flag of Croatia
The national flag, national flag of Croatia ( hr, Zastava Hrvatske) or The Tricolour () is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colours red, white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms ...
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Flags of Croatia
References
Flag of Dalmatia
Flags of Croatia
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