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The flag of Lisbon, as "definitely" stipulated in 1940 by the Commission proposal of Heraldry of the Association of Portuguese Archaeologists, is described as follows:
Girona white and black pieces of eight [the "triangles"], with the coat of arms superimposed. Cords and balls of silver and black. Haste and spears gold [standard]. As the centerpiece of the arms is the boat, which is silver and black, the flag is white, representing the silver and black.
That what is now the municipal flag of the Municipality of Lisbon has ancient origins, intertwined with some of the most important moments in the history of the city (and simultaneously, the country) but also, inevitably, with the religious references that have marked those events and society at the time they occurred.
In the review of 1940, after centuries of successive blows of "heterodoxy" was chosen to return to an original heraldry, as far as possible, for - among other reasons - to preserve the original meanings. For this reason, it is valid as needed and return because it was largely achieved, I will not address here the development of symbols, understood as a long and winding detour ... though of undeniable interest (for another time and another perspective).
But even before moving to the origins, allowing a small, lightweight commentary on the visual appearance of the flag, and it poses. First, a color appears to have predominantly foreign, if we ignore the origins and meanings: the black (if not repaired, re-read the initial description and count).
For a city poetic and consistently associated with light, light, black appeals to their shadows, to their corners for the night ... or mourning. And fight ... there are the crows, funeral guards accompanying the remains of the Holy Spirit.
We have a contrast between what the contrasts in Lisbon, but also complements, the whiteness of the city, their houses, and churches, the black of the most esteemed and renowned melancholy fado sung in, among other treatment. The look and feel.
If we look at the origins, however, none of this matters. Power and Faith, in that order, speak louder. After all, is merely treat the flag?
Given that they underwent many changes along the way (which I will not address here, again), it can be said with some certainty that the present flag of Lisbon has its origin in what has arisen after the "revolution" or "crisis" of 1383 -1385 (set flag and coat of arms, it should be noted, because the coat is earlier). The best evidence we have it on the flag of Ceuta, a city that has held since its conquest (1415) until today a flag equal to Lisbon (with the exception of the coat, which, however, is that of Portugal). Reza Chronicle Azurara that, once the bastion taken Maghreb, El King John I asked (or ordered) to John Vasques de Almada to put the flag of Lisbon, that brought in the High Castle (supposedly the lack of royal standard). Please note the special significance of this event for the status of the city of Lisbon, in new historical context.
That coat - S. Vicente - comes from above, it is true, and now here we go. But on the banner itself ( "Gerona" in black and white), is that it was John himself who suggested rules of the format, like the shield of the Order of St. Dominic, for being the important and central monastery of the order that the people of Lisbon welcomed the Master as "Regedor and Defender of the Realm." Indeed, the eight pieces were black and white on the shield of the Order of St. Dominic (also known as the Order of Preachers). And there are still so far ...
The relationship between Dr. John and the Rules of Order of St. Sundays, there is more to tell.
As one of several rewards for services rendered, D. John I donated to the lawyer's land Thursday Santo Domingo, where he would build the church of Santo Domingo de Benfica, where it is still the remains of John the Rules. Not simply that - but that is less known - known to have been in the city of Bologna (where John graduated Rules) who passed himself Santo Domingo, just over 150 years earlier. This after he made this city a real "capital" of that order. Accidents? I do not believe, surely.
We the wanderings of the Rules by John Bologna that we have a black and white flag? And somewhere in the Largo de São Domingos and current church, we recall the inspiring location ...
S. Vicente Legend
The Coat of Arms which appears on the municipal flag of Lisbon is at the center, a black boat, finished in the stern and the bow, two crows.
This picture was sent put there by D. Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, after the capture of Lisbon, a city dedicated to St. Vincent.
It is thought that the significance of this figure is linked to the legend of St. Vincent.
This legend goes back almost a millennium, evoking the early days of implantation of Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula, at the time under the dominion of Rome, followed by the Arab occupation, and finally, the Christian reconquest.
According to the 'Chronicle D. Afonso Henriques' of Duarte Galvao, Vicente will be born in Huesca in the Pyrenees.
New also was sent to Spain by the Pope, became the acolyte of the bishop of Valencia, distinguishing himself as a brilliant orator.
It was, in the days of Emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD), who moved fierce persecution of Christians. The agent for the Iberian Peninsula was Daciano.
Noting the reputation of Vincent Daciano ordered to take him to his presence, demanding explanations for subversive preaching what he did, wanting to force him to renounce the Christian faith.
Vincent not be intimidated, but rather praised Christ with great fervor and eloquence, before the astonished gaze of the Roman.
Daciano ordered tortured repeatedly, but Vincent would die without ever renouncing their faith.
The Roman shouted: "If not won in life, the dead will win and destroy them." He ordered that his body was dumped in a field, where he was at the mercy of wild animals.
Vincent's body was never desecrated because a crow defended, preventing the beasts from approaching.
On learning the fact, Daciano, furious, ordered to bind the body to a rock and lie down to the sea, so that they fall apart. His orders were fulfilled.
But, miraculously, the body of Vincent came back to earth. Was picked up by Christians who gave him a Christian burial, having been assigned, then many miracles.
The cult of St. Vincent then spread throughout Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula.
The conquering Moors, when they arrived, they destroyed all the Christian churches, converting some into mosques, and burned the bones of the martyrs.
Given the imminence of its arrival in Valencia, the Christians who guarded the tomb of St. Vincent, left with the relics of the saint.
At Cape St. Vincent in the Algarve, on the edge of the escarpment, there is a chapel that was dedicated to St. Catherine. On the opposite side are the ruins of the ancient Church of the Crow, dedicated to St. Vincent.
It is assumed that there were deposited the remains of the saint, which were to be kept by Christians that had brought in Valencia.
One day there came a knight Moor name Albofacem, a native of the kingdom of Fez, who lived "in the land of the Algarve.
Finding men to save the body, killed them, leaving the body.
Afonso Henriques, after winning Lisbon and stabilize the borders in the River, sent some men on a barge to the Algarve, to date, enemy territory to rescue the relics of the saint.
Arrived landed there, and praying fervently asked God to show them where were the remains of the glorious martyr.
Starting to dig found the body. Placing it on the boat returned to Lisbon without any alarm, since until the sea calmed down in their wake.
During the trip the boat that brought the remains of the saint was always accompanied by a raven, which immediately was related to the crow that had protected even in Roman times.
The coffin arrived in Lisbon, Afonso I was very moved, "praising the Lord God a lot," and ordering that burial in the Cathedral, where the bird continued to ensure the saint and "there was seen by many times"
The coat has two ravens. If only one accompanied Vincent on his last trip, where will the other? There seems no answer to that, what is certain is that, popularly, began to appear that two crows, and not just one, accompanied the barge.
Whatever the explanation it gives, it is irrelevant, because it is only legend.
However there are several grounds to dispute the body of St. Vincent: There are relics of the saint in Castres, Cremona and Bari, at least.
Today, St. Vincent's secondary patron saint of Lisbon, because, however, appeared the matchmaker San Antonio
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TRONDHEIM, Norway (Nov 3, 2018) – Sailors aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) hoist the American flag while arriving in Trondheim, Norway, Nov 3, 2018. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, is participating in multilateral Exercise Trident Juncture 18 which is designed to certify NATO response forces and develop interoperability among participating NATO partner nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Turner/Released)
The German flag flying over the Insel hotel. I think it means the Prime Minister is in.
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Many large flags waved in the wind at Gasworks Park. The Aurora Bride is in the lower background. Would love to take some fireworks shots from the bridge one of these times....
Greek flag flying from the stern of an island ferry boat. © Patricia Fenn. All Rights Reserved. No usage allowed including copying or sharing without written permission.
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Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.
On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.
(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery/released)