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image by Mario Farbretto and Željko Heimer,
26 September 2009
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St. Blasius, parton of the city, the barry arms and motto
LIBERTAS are ancient symbols of Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik).
St. Blasius Flag - reintroduced: 1990's, based on primary flag of
the Republic of Ragusa. There is also
the Libertas Flag, based on
secondary flag of the Republic of Ragusa.
Željko Heimer
I located what looks like an reproduction of Ragusa
historical flag at news
dubrovnik site.
Dov Gutterman, 26 August 1999
That is the old Ragusa flag, to be found on the flagchart in
Smith's FTAAATW [smi75b] , p.
205 (c. 1750) and on Danckerts' flag chart [dan05] (c. 1710). I wonder whether
this flag is a reconstruction of one of those flag charts.
Jarig Bakker, 26 August 1999
This is indeed the flag of Ragusa (or Dubrovnik, as the local
name is). The flag situation in the longlived Republic was such
that two flags were used - the one with LIBERTAS shield, in many
variations, was considered a kind of what we would call civil
flag (and ensign - the flags were mostly used at sea in that
time), and the on with picture of St. Blasius, the patron of the
city was more ceremonial and "state" flag. Also the
flag with the Coat of Arms was used, as some sources say, as they
symbol of officials on vessels. Anyway, not going into details
here (since I do not have references by hand), I can only say
that after WW II city of Dubrovnik reatined only the Libertas
flag (as the one with saint was not appropriate in socialist
environment, of course) and that was usually red with yellow
inscriprion, not unusually in three lines LI/BER/TAS (this design
was reported before also). The modern city, after 1990, adopted
the flag with St. Blasius as the official city flag, and it is
used as such. However, in ceratin occasions, as it is the one
mentioned on the site - the Dubrovnik summer festival (of
theatre), the flag of liberty is used on opening ceremony and
thruout of the festival it is hoisted on the city main square. It
might be mentioned also, that as tradition goes, there is no
definite design for libertas flag, and even if the same flag is
used as the official flag on the main flag-pole (the one on
photo), it is quite usual that each year somewhat different
pattern is used as the flag of the festival.
Željko Heimer, 28 august 1999
Here is the details of the
flag of Dubrovnik in the photo I took on 17th June 2006 in
Dubrovnik at the Memorial Hall of the Homeland War in the Ducal
Palace (nowdays, the Archives of Dubrovnik).
This is, I believe, the official artwork of the current flag of
the city of Dubrovnik.
Željko Heimer, 22 August 2006
The red Liberats flag is not used any more...
Željko Heimer, 9 December 2006
The 2001
Statutes (no doubt repeating wording of some previous
version) determines in quite a few details the Coat of Arms and
the flag in its article 5; again repeated in the 2006
statutes: Statut Grada Dubrovnika (procišceni tekst),
Službeni glasnik Grada Dubrovnika, br. 1/2001, 23.01.2001,
Statut Grada Dubrovnika (procišceni tekst), Službeni
glasnik Grada Dubrovnika, br. 2/2006, 27.01.2006.
Notable is that the flag is there prescribed in the ratio 2:3,
even though I believe that in most occasions it is used in the
usual 1:2 ratio, especially when displayed together with the
national flag (which is often the case).
The city decision regarding the flag hoisting is: Zakljucak o
isticanju zastave Republike Hrvatske na Orlandovu stupu,
27.08.2002, Službeni glasnik Grada Dubrovnika, br. 6/2002,
03.09.2002.
The decision determines that the flag to be hoisted on the
Orlando's Column daily is the national flag, except for the Feast
of St. Blasius (3rd February), the city patron day, when the city
flag is hoisted there, and during the Dubrovnik Summer Festival,
when the Libertas flag is used.
Beside that, the decision calls upon the store owners etc. to
hoist the national flag for the national holydays, and gives
order to the city communal office to propose a "more
proper" way of hoisting the national flags in the city.
Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
The Libertas flag, red one as was used as the city flag until
1990's (from, mid 70's I believe).
Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
variants
image by Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
image by Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
The red bordered white flag in ratio about 2:5 with swallow
tail and red inscription next to the hoist LI/BER/TAS is the one
that is used for hoisting on the Oralndo's Column - the main city
mast in the main square, while the yellow bordered white flag
with yellow bordered stylized red flag in the middle inscribed
white LI/BER/TAS is used in other prominent locations around the
city. The former is used only during the Dubrovnik Summer
Festival, white the latter are displayed throughout the year, I
believe. Photos at wikimedia
and <pictures.dubrovnik-guide.net>.
Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
Based on <www.dubrovnik.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 26 September 2009
