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Fazana (Istria, Croatia)

Općina Fažana, Fasana

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Overview

On a TV report today I noticed the coat of arms and the flag of Fažana, the community established only in year 2000 . Fažana is in the Istrian County (Italian name Fasana), situated northwest of Pula just outside it - on the coats across the channel from the famous Brijuni Islands resort. Fazana actually includes the Brijuni island group.   The coat of arms is azure an antique amphore or.   Fazana was site of the amphore production and export and no doubt that is the reason for choosing this emblem. The flag is (dark) blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the middle.  
Željko Heimer, 25 November 2004

The coat of arms of Fažana is azure an antique amphore or. Fažana was site of amphore production and export in the antique period.   The flag is dark blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the middle.
Source: Road sign at the entrance to the town of fažana, photo Tomislav Šipek, 28.12.2004.
Željko Heimer, 31 December 2004

In the official gazette of the Istrian County (<www.istra-istria.hr>), there is published the decision on the flag and coat of arms of the Community of Fažana (unlike for the other communities who does not seem to publish their decision in the official gazette of Istrian County):   Statutarna odluka o grbu i zastavi Opcine Fažana, 23.02.2004., SNIŽ, br. 003/04, 05.03.2004. str. 99-101. The decision includes nice pictures of the coat of arms and the flag.
Željko Heimer, 31 October 2005

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 3 November 2007

The official web site f the community menations coat of arms in a paragraph titled "general information" - there is a claim that St. Cosmos and Damien, the physicians-protectors watch over the town as they do in the coat of arms of Fažana. However, we know (and the web site also shows it) that the coat of arms of Fažana is blue with a golden amphore. There is no mention of the saints anywhere in the documents regarding the coat of arms I have found. Possibly this is reference to some historic coat of arms - or more likely, it is only the "poetic licence" of the author of the entire paragraph...
Željko Heimer, 3 September 2009


Coat of Arms


image by Željko Heimer, 31 October 2005