Blue, with two ovals showing a fortified port and three caravels between two globes: the flag of the Provincial Council of Huelva has been official since 2010.
Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.
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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.
It is a rectangular field —the cloth of the flag —with an 11:18 ratio, wider than it is high, blue and plain, with the coat of arms of the province in the centre.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
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Before that, an unofficial flag was used: a white ground with a small blue square containing…
The Provincial Council of Huelva approved the flag on 15 September 2010
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of the province of Huelva is blue and carries the coat of arms of the Provincial Council in the centre. It is an unusual coat of arms: two golden ovals, one next to the other, with a fortified port in one and three ships between two globes in the other. It is an official and fairly recent flag.
The Provincial Council of Huelva approved the flag on 15 September 2010, and it was published in the official bulletin on 22 October of that year. It has an unusual ratio, of 11 by 18.
Before that, an unofficial flag was used: a white ground with a small blue square containing the earlier coat of arms, in which the voyage of 1492 and the importance of Huelva as a port stood out.
The 2010 flag replaced an earlier unofficial flag, with a white ground, which had the coat of arms in a small blue square.
The coat of arms gathers two ideas, the sea and trade:
Oval with a fortified port
a port with three towers, surrounded by the motto “Portus maris et terre custodia”, which means “port, guardian of the sea and of the land”.
Oval with three ships between two globes
the maritime heritage of the province, with voyages all over the world.
Mercury’s staff
trade.
Cornucopia
wealth.
Laurel branches and royal crown
ornaments of the coat of arms.
It is a coat of arms with two ovals, one beside the other.
The motto “Portus maris et terre custodia” surrounds the oval of the port and means “port, guardian of the sea and of the land”.
The previous, unofficial flag was white with a blue square. The current one, blue with the coat of arms in the centre, was adopted in 2010.
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Text based on the article “Huelva Province flag (FOTW)” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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