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plain flag
image by Željko Heimer, 30 August 2009
flag with ornament
image by Željko Heimer, 30 August 2009
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On the arms there are the tower and the two churches of Blato.
On the entrance of the tower there are crossed an olive branch
and a vine leaf, traditional products of the region. Under the
croatian triple wattle ornament, there are two crossed sabres and
the cap with tricolour of Blato company. The flag (probably
ceremonial) is red bordered with golden triple wattle ornament
and with the coat of arms in the middle. Adopted: around
1996 (?). Design: Željko Drakuliæ.
Source: Information by Ivan Grbin, Korèula pages, <www.tel.fer.hr>
1996.
Željko Heimer
Blato is a community in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, in the
western central part of the Korcula Island, more then 3,500
inhabitants. It was famous for wine production that was
devastated between the two World Wars by phylloxera epidemic. The
crisis that followed made many of almost 9'000 inhabitants (at
the time it was 6th largest city in Dalmatia) to emigrate. The
knightly game/dance of Moreška is famous from Blato.
The web site of the community includes the note
in its archives on the adoption of the coat of arms and the flag.
Apparently they were adopted on 28 March 1994 by the decision
titled Odluka o izgledu, nacinu i zaštiti uporabe grba i
zastave Opcine Blato.
The page also provides the names of the designer - the idea for
the coat of arms was by Pero Cimbur from Zagreba (known as the
designer of numerous coats of arms and emblems in 70's and 80's
in Yugoslavia, published also several heraldic books), and for
the flag Vinko Protic, born of Blato living in Split.
This contradicts the data we got dozen of years ago, naming the
designer Željko Drakulic, although that does not mean that
both reports are not true.
The drawing of the flag we have as The Original
Design is based on the original flag drawing I was provided
back then. Looking at the photos of the actual flag used, it
seems that the red is somewhat darker and the wattle ornament is
much smaller around the edges.
Looking at the historical sources, Ströhl in his 1904
"Städte-Wappen von Ö-U" provides a coat of arms:
azure a tower argent with a horse head or at the doors, and
similar is also given by Laszowski in "Grbovi
Jugoslavije", 1936. Ströhl also notes that this is used in
a seal inscribed around the edges with "UPRAVITELJSTVO
OBCINBE BLATSKE" (Government of the Community of Blato).
Željko Heimer, 30 August 2009
image by Željko Heimer
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image by Željko Heimer, 30 August 2009