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Pican is a community in the Istria County, some 12 km
south-east of Pazin (60 km NE of Pula)
with just under 2,000 inhabitants living in 10 smaller villages
and towns - only about 300 in the old town of the same name. It
was established in the Roman times as an important military
stronghold Petina, until 18th century a seat of the first Istrian
diocese (established in 5th century, and is now a titular diocese
- some claim that this is the 5th diocese established in the
Church, the Roman being the 1st). The Italian name Pedena (also Pèdena)
is today not used officially as the name of community (since the
inhabitants are mostly 85% Croats, and some 10% declare
themselves as Istrians, all speaking Croatian). In German sources
it is named Piben or Biben. A festival of folk stories, legends
and fantasy - LegendFest is held annually in Pican.
The coat of arms of Pican is: azure a fortress with embatteled
walls and an embatteled tower argent, in the base a fleur de lys
and in the chielf two mullets of eights also argent. This is
based on the historical coat of arms of Pican, and is shown so at
<www.istra-istria.hr>.
I have not located yet any documents (official gazettes and like)
to support this.
The flag is light blue with the coat of arms in the centre of it.
It is shown on <www.labin.com>
(full article, unrelated to the flags here)
hoisted above the city gates.
It is hoisted together with the flag of the Istria County and an
other flag unknown to me, possibly the flag of the LegendFest or
some other manifestation.
Unusually, there is no national flag, although since one of the
flag holders is empty - it may be that the Croatian flag is only
set there on holidays and Sundays or some such arrangement.
Željko Heimer, 11 September 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 11 September 2009
