Senyera
The Senyera ( katal. ) or Señera (Spanish ) is a flag shape, which consists of four red stripes on a yellow background. It is the flag of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. In the Catalan language senyera is generally a synonym for flag due to a antonomasia is in particular the flag of Catalonia meant.
Supposedly the Senyera ( 1159 ) is the oldest flag in the world. According to a legend from the 14th century, the history of the flag dates back to the 9th century. More likely however, is that it is derived from previously aldi between symbols from the 11th or 12th century. Originally Senyera goes back to the arms of the County of Barcelona; on the stripes are vertical, on the other hand, the flag horizontally. The legend says that Count Wilfried had the Hairy been injured in a battle, King Charles the Bald dipped his fingers into the bleeding wound and red stripes on Wilfried drew golden shield. Under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930) and later under that of Franco (1939-1975), the use of Senyera was banned as a Catalan national symbol.
To get started, a family crest, which was soon Senyera for all territories where ruled by the Counts and later for all the territories of the Crown of Aragon. Today, the official flags and coats of arms are based on the numerous territories Senyera how. Of Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Valencia region and other provinces and regions In addition, the Senyera is shown on the coat of arms of Andorra and numerous cities, and can be found incorporated into the collar of the shirts of FC Barcelona.
Variants
Some variants of Senyera:
Balearic Islands
Barcelona
Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur
Valencia ( former)
Flag of the city of Valencia and the Valencia region
Reggio Calabria Province
Estelada the Catalan nationalists
Valencian nationalists