The flag of the city of Moscow is composed of the elements of its coat of arms.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.
Paño de proporción 2:3, liso, de carmesí, con la figura de San Jorge venciendo al dragón en el centro.
En campo de gules (rojo), un caballero contornado (que mira a la izquierda del escudo) de sable (negro) y de plata, con capa de azur (azul), armado en su diestra con una lanza de oro y montado sobre un caballo rampante de plata, con silla y riendas del mismo metal, sobre un dragón pasante de sable y de plata.
The colours of the arms
Blasón del escudo de la ciudad.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
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Text based on the article “Bandera de Moscú” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
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