Last modified: 2006-08-19 by ivan sache
Keywords: nova gorica | rose (red) |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
Municipal flag of Nova Gorica, horizontal and vertical versions - Image by Željko Heimer, 9 May 2006
See also:
Nova Gorica, the city that was built on the Slovene side of border after the secession of a part of the city that was given to Italy (Gorizia), was formerly known as the Austrian city 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 proportion is 1:2 like for the Slovene national flag.
Uroš Žižmund, 4 May 1997
Stanič [stj05] shows a vertical flag, in ratio 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 a modern 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 nott 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, published
in Banderas [ban] #58 (March
1996), Nova Gorica adopted on 10 November 1980 a coat of arms, white
with a red rose, refering to the nickname of the city,"the city of
roses".
However, Stanič [stj05] writes 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 city, a city 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
Peter 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