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Municipal flag of Nova Gorica, horizontal and vertical versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 9 May 2006
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Nova Gorica, the town that was built on the Slovene side of border after the secession of a part of the town that was given to Italy (Gorizia), was formerly known as the Austrian town of Görz.
Željko Heimer, 8 January 2000
The flag of Nova Gorica is light blue with a stylized red rose in the canton. I guess the flag proportions are 1:2, like for the Slovene national flag.
Uroš Žižmund, 4 May 1997
Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05] show a vertical flag, in proportions 1:2, with a greenish-blue field and
the rose from the coat of arms set in the middle.
Different variants of the flag seem to be in use; the confusion is probably caused by the lack of an updated Decision on the precise design of the flag.
The flag might have been adopted in 1968 along with the coat of arms but not explicitely defined, so that it was later fixed by usage.
Anyway, the current Statutes of the municipality, adopted on 23 February 2006,
confirms Stanič's drawings, describing the border of the coat of arms as blue and the flag as blue-green. I would not be surprised is the same wording was present
in the many previous versions of the Statutes going back well into the
late 1960s.
Željko Heimer, 9 May 2006
Coat of arms of Nova Gorica, two versions - Images by Željko Heimer, 9 May 2006
According to Banderas municipales de Eslovenia [drn96i], published in Banderas [ban]
#58 (March 1996), Nova Gorica adopted on 10 November 1980 a coat of arms, white
with a red rose, referring to the nickname of the town,"the Town of
Roses".
However, Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05] write that the coat of arms was adopted after a public contest
held in May 1968, the winner being Roni Nemec. The jury report states that the emblem is "a rose as a symbol of a young town, a town of flowers, youth, beauty and
freshness". Stanič represents the emblem with a very dark blue border.
Željko Heimer, 9 May 2006
Former flag and arms of Nova Gorica - Images by Željko Heimer, 2 July 2005
Zalokar [zal90] shows a light blue flag with in the middle a coat of arms similar to the current one but with a red border.
Željko Heimer, 13 September 2004