Sent: 24.07.2016
Received: 01.08.2016
Travel time 8 days
Sender Lara (fb)
The national flag of Croatia is one of the state symbols
of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colors red,
white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms of Croatia.
The flag combines the colors of the flags of the Kingdom
of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (blue and white) and
partially of the Kingdom of Dalmatia (blue and yellow). Those three kingdoms
are the historic constituent states of the Croatian Kingdom.
The red-white-blue tricolor has been used as the Croatian
flag since 1848, and the pan-Slavic colors are widely associated with romantic
nationalism. While the Banovina of Croatia existed within the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia, it had a similar flag without the modern crown above the chequy.
During the Independent State of Croatia, the flag was like the modern, but
without crown and there was letter "U" at the top left of the flag.
Also, the first field of Croatian chequy was white. While Croatia was part of
SFR 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 1990, shortly after the first multiparty elections. The current
flag and the coat of arms were officially adopted on 21 December 1990, about
ten months before the proclamation of independence from Yugoslavia and a day
before the Constitution of Croatia on 22 December 1990.
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