The flag of the Lviv Region ( uk, Прапор Львівської області; translit.: ''Prapor Lvivs'koi oblasti'') is one of regional flags of

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. It is a symbol of the

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

that inherits a historical tradition of using regional symbols and is an attribute of the local government and executive powers. It was officially approved on February 27, 2001, by the decision of the

Lviv Oblast Council The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council ( uk, Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine. Legislative framework The Regional Council is a loc ...

. The flag represents a banner of 2:3 proportion. With emblem region in the center — crowned yellow (golden) color lion. Height of lion — 3/4 of the flag's width, the distance from the upper and lower edges of the cloth — 1/8 the width of the flag. In the flip side — a mirror image. The reference sample flag field is kept in the office of Chairman of the Regional Council.

Meaning

The lion leaning on a rock symbolizes the power and strength of the land and its inhabitants, who defended their independence from strangers for centuries. At the same time, it resonates with the name of the city of Lviv and the name of its first ruler — Leo I of Galicia. The crown on the lion's head indicates the capital role of

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(Kingdom of Galicia and Volhynia) in the XII—XIV centuries and

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

in the XVIII—XX centuries.

Other flags

Flag of Lviv (historic).jpg, The historic flag of the Lviv Territory.

Meaning

Other flags

References

See also