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Ston (Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia)

Općina Ston

Last modified: 2010-01-30 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 27 September 2009



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Overview

The coat of arms of Ston in the shield has the city walls with salt fields and above the despiction of St. Blasius, patron of the city. The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.
Source: Statut Opcine Ston, 06.11.2001, Službeni glasnik Dubrovacko- neretvanske županije, br. 7/2001, 12.12.2001.
Željko Heimer, 16 December 2006

The town of Ston is an old outpost of Dubrovnik at the "mouth" of the Pelješac (Sabioncelo) peninsula and most well known for the production of salt and in the newer times also by the production of shells. The community consists of 18 settlements, with some 2,600 inhabitants, the twon of Ston counting some 500 of them. The strategic importance of the town made Dubrovnik to build in 14th century a large net of fortifications walls that are still standing for the most part and are the largest fortification system after the Great Wall of China (or so they say) measuring 5.5 km.
The coat of arms and the flag is described in the Statutes of 2001 but it does not contain the images. A small image of the coat of arms is available at <www.croatiaexpo2005.hr> and I have located a tourist leaflet showing the same coat of arms monocoloured
The coat of arms is azure St. Blasius or with a right hand riased and holding a staff in his left hand issuant from a fortress argent and in base salt fields also argent.   The flag is yellow with the coat of arms in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 25 June 2008

Images are based on PDF leaflet at the official web site of the community.
Željko Heimer, 27 September 2009


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 27 September 2009