A red cross on a white ground: the flag of the province of Zaragoza is the Cross of Saint George, symbol of Aragon, and has no approval date.
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.
It is a rectangular field —the field is the cloth of the flag— with a 2:3 ratio, white, with a red cross reaching from one edge to the other and with no arms on top.
Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.
Every date in its story, at a glance.
They have been used since 1869 and the Royal Academy of History approved them in 1921
They were modified in 1939 and approved again in 1940
How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.
The flag of the province of Zaragoza is very simple: a red cross on a white ground, reaching from one edge to the other. It is the Cross of Saint George, the patron saint of Aragon. It is the flag of the Provincial Council, and its strength lies in that simplicity.
No date of adoption is known: it is a historical flag, of traditional use. According to the FOTW flag portal, it carries no arms, and the arms of the cross measure roughly a fifth of the height of the flag. It is displayed at the seat of the Provincial Council, in the Plaza de España of Zaragoza.
The provincial arms are another matter and have their own history. They have been used since 1869 and the Royal Academy of History approved them in 1921. They were modified in 1939 and approved again in 1940.
No earlier versions of the flag are known. A version with the arms on top of the cross circulates, but according to FOTW it does not appear to be official.
Red cross on white
the Cross of Saint George, the saint to whom the old Crown of Aragon was entrusted. There is no specific official explanation for this flag.
Arms (not on the flag)
the provincial arms have four parts: the tree of Sobrarbe, a silver cross on a blue ground, the Cross of Saint George with four Moorish heads, and the red and yellow bars of Aragon.
Many images of the flag of Zaragoza carry the arms on top of the cross. According to FOTW, that version appears unofficial: the flag of the Council is only the cross.
The provincial arms, approved in 1921, were modified in 1939 and approved again in 1940.
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Flag image: Autor desconocido, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
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