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image by Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007
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Starigrad is a community in the Zadar County, 40 km northeast
of Zadar in the litoraly region
beneath the Velebit Mountains. 1,900 inhabitants,
1,100 in the place of the same name itself. The
National Park Starigrad Paklenica with the monumental canyon
entering the sea is situated in the community, being its primary
source of tourist income. Outside Starigrad are remains of Roman
settelment Vegium badly damaged by bombing during the war in
1990's.
Checking the latest official gazettes of the Zadar County at <www.zadarska-zupanija.hr>,
I found some news in the recently adopted statutes of several
municipalities:
Starigrad: Statut Opcine Starigrad, 31.01.2006, Službeni
glasnik Zadarske županije, br. 3/06, 01.02.2006.
The newly adopted Statutes include the desription of the coat of
arms and the flag that must have been adopted a few years prior
to it, I estimate around 2002.
The coat of arms of Starigrad is: azure between rocks argent a
two-handeled vessel also argent. The rocky gorge in the coat of
arms depicts the Paklenica canyon for which the community is
famous (indeed it is often refered as to Starigrad-Paklenica, to
differentiate from several other placed named similarly) and the
vessel represents the old Roman glass jar.
The flag is blue with the coat of arms bordered golden in the
middle.
Željko Heimer, 18 August 2006
In the mean time the web site of the community included the
images of the coat of arms and the flag at <www.opcina-starigrad.hr>.
Although the description of the coat of arms in the Statutes
clearly describes the glass jar to have two handles, the drawing
of the coat of arms on the site shows a simple jar without
handles. I can not explain it - possibly the Statutes text is
erroneous (based on some previous proposal?) or the actual
description changed, but they have not (yet?) changed the wording
in the Statutes.
Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007
Coat of Arms and flag were designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from
Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central
State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008
The new
statutes (Statut Opcine Starigrad, 09.07.2009, Službeni
glasnik Zadarske županije, br. 16/2009, 19.08.2009) repeats
word for word determinations of the previous 2006 statutes
regarding the Coat of Arms and the flag (Articles 5 and 6),
including the description of the Roman glass vessel to have two
handles - even though a vessel without handles is used in the
design always, as far as I know.
Željko Heimer, 8 November 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007