Flag of Gibraltar
Flag of Gibraltar
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Name |
Flag of Gibraltar |
Use |
National flag and civil and state ensign |
Proportion |
1:2 |
Adopted |
November 8, 1982 |
Design |
White with a red stripe at the bottom with a three-towered, two-tiered red castle in the white section. Each tower has a door and a window and from the door of the middle tower hangs a gold key which mainly overlaps the red stripe. |
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Variant flag of Gibraltar |
Name |
State ensign of Gibraltar |
Use |
State ensign |
Proportion |
1:2 |
Adopted |
1998 (1875) |
Design |
Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the badge of Gibraltar in the fly. |
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Variant flag of Gibraltar |
Name |
Civil ensign of Gibraltar |
Use |
Civil ensign |
Proportion |
1:2 |
Adopted |
1998 |
Design |
Red Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the badge of Gibraltar in the fly. |
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Variant flag of Gibraltar |
Name |
Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar |
Use |
Other |
Proportion |
1:2 |
Design |
A Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. |
The Flag of Gibraltar is an elongated banner of the Coat of arms of Gibraltar, granted by Royal Warrant Queen Isabella I of Castile on 10 July 1502.[1]
Description
Flag of Gibraltar atop the Rock of Gibraltar
"An escutcheon on which the upper two thirds shall be a white field and on the said field set a red castle, and below the said castle, on the other third of the escutcheon, which must be a red field in which there must be a white line between the castle and the said red field, there shall be a golden key which hangs by a chain from the said castle, as are here figured".[2]
The flag was regularised in 1982 and is formed by two horizontal bands of white (top, double width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the centre of the white band;[3] hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centred in the red band. The flag differs from that of other British overseas territories, in that it is not a British ensign. The castle does not resemble any in Gibraltar, but is supposed to represent the fortress of Gibraltar. The key is said to symbolise the fortress' significance.
Use
The flag is flown throughout Gibraltar, sometimes officially alongside the Union Flag and flag of Europe. Prominent places which fly the flag include the frontier with Spain, at the top of The Rock and on the Parliament Building.[4]
The flag is a symbol of Gibraltarian nationalism, and is very popular among Gibraltarians. For the Gibraltar National Day (10 September), many Gibraltar homes and offices hang the flag from their windows and balconies, and some individuals even wear and dress their vehicles with the flag for national day celebrations. This was also seen during the 2004 celebrations of the tercentenary of British Gibraltar.
Gibraltarian students attending university abroad have been known to take Gibraltarian flags with them, putting them up in university accommodation rooms and hanging them from windows.
A Lego flag of Gibraltar 4 metres high and 8 metres long can be seen at the John Mackintosh Hall, which is a cultural centre housing the public library as well as exhibition rooms and a theatre. At the time of its construction, the Lego flag of Gibraltar was the largest flag ever to be made from Lego bricks with a total of 393,857 bricks being used.[5]
See also
- List of flags of Gibraltar
- List of British flags
- List of coats of arms of the United Kingdom and dependencies
References
External links
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Overseas territories |
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