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Pag is a city in the souther half of the island of the same
name located close to the cast parallel to the Velebit mountain
range, about 30 km north of Zadar in the Zadar
County. The teritorial usit was part of the Lika-Senj County
until 1997 as a community, but in 1997 it was upgraded to a city
status and moved to Zadar County.
As shown on the site Centar za kulturu i informacije Page at <www.czkii-pag.htnet.hr>
and some other web sites the coat of arms of Pag is in a light
blue shield showing St. George killing the dragon.
The flag seems to be white with the coat of arms in the middle,
but it should still be confirmed.
Željko Heimer, 17 July 2004
An other case where I shall have to quote the statutes much
and provide only partial images: Statut Grada Paga, 27. rujna
2001. godine, Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije.
Articles 8 and 9 define the coat of arms and the flag. The coat
of arms of Pag is in a light blue shield showing St. George
killing the dragon. The white flag mentioned above as possibility
is an error in reporting. The flag is red with the coat of arms
in the middle. On the web site of the community at <www.pag.hr> there a
nice depiction of the coat of arms which Iused for the mage of
the flag.
The ceremonial flag is described in the statutes as well (my
translation from Statutes): "The ceremonial flag (gonfalon)
is a mono-coloured of dark red and in the middle of it is set the
coat of arms of the city. In the upper part of the ceremonial
flag is inscribed in golden "GRAD PAG". In its lower
part the ceremonial flag ends with three tails in which are set
golden ornaments with sage elements and ending with golden
fringe."
The sage is, I believe, Salvia officinalis, the ancient
medical plant grown in abundance in Pag.
On the mentioned site on the photo of the mayor one may see small
rectangular table flag, remotely resembling the ceremonial flag
(no tails, ornamet set in wreath around the coat of arms).
I believe that the artistic design of the coat of arms based on
the historical pattern was made by the Heraldic-art d.o.o. of
Rijeka, as well as the design of the flag and the gonfalon (and
the table flag).
Željko Heimer, 19 July 2006
I have been informed a few days ago by Ivan Šupraha
that the images that we showed (Previous Symbols)
are not the current versions of the coat of arms and the flag.
Namely a new artistic version is used, probably since soon afte
the community was upgraded into a city in 1997 - at least the
2001 statutes already describe them (although the description
there could well be the same for the previous artistic
redention...).
The flag image I received from Ivan contains the sage ornaments
below the coat of arms in the flag flag, which is, according to
the 2001 statutes descriptions, not mentiond, so I redraw the
flag as I believe it should be. However, I mention this
irregularity, as it may well be that the flag with sages has been
in actual use, possibly. The ceremonial flag is as described in
2001 statutes. The drawing of the coat of arms seems as it might
well be from the workshop of Heraldic-art of Rijeka, although the
quality of the drawings as as as the details of the stylization
of the ceremonial flag make me wander - possibly they have
been redrawn in the mean time. However, the sage ornaments in the
ceremonial flag tails are suspiciosly like the work of the
"Rijeka school" to be anything else...
Željko Heimer, 20 November 2006
The symbols were designed by the Heraldic
Art d.o.o. from Rijeka.
Željko Heimer, 3 November 2007
image by Željko Heimer, 20 November 2006
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image by Željko Heimer, 20 November 2006
Flag
image by Željko Heimer, 19 July 2006
Coat of Arms
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image by Željko Heimer, 19 July 2006