Kanfanar (Istria, Croatia)

Općina Kanfanar, Canfanaro

Last modified: 2008-09-13 by dov gutterman
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image by Željko Heimer, 3 August 2008

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

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• Istria County
• Croatia

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• Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

The coat of arms of Kanfanar is Azure Saint Sophia stantant clead Gules and haloed Or holding in each hand a fortified city of the last windowed of the second. The Saint is the city patron and she holds the two cities remembering the nearby ruined city of Dvigrad (literally: Double City) from which the modern town was developed.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.
Source: information courtesy Cosmos, Kanfanar, <www.cel.hr> 1997.
Željko Heimer

Images are based on the coat of arms image shown in the local bulletin "Kanfanarski list" br 1, december 2000, available from <www.cel.hr>.
Željko Heimer, 3 August 2008

Coat of Arms

image by Željko Heimer, 3 August 2008