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The province of Valdivia, in the south of Chile, has (or had) its own flag.
It is nearly identical to the St. Patrick’s
flag that represents Ireland, except for the red edge on the border.
Its origin goes back to the foundation of the Fuerte de Niebla, in the 17th
century. This flags was found as a charge on the
provincial shield.
Sergio Arenas, 14 Dec 2002
(translated by Rob Raeside)
The flag is visible in a photograph
(http://www.munivaldivia.cl/fotos/concejo/concejo2.jpg,
broken link as of 22 Feb 2005, Ivan Sache)
on this webpage
(http://www.munivaldivia.cl/concejo/concejo.html)
I think the flag is in fact identical to the St. Patrick’s
cross flag from Ireland — the red border is not visible
(although that might be because of the way it hangs). Perhaps the red
border interpreted by Sr. Arenas is an artefact of the red background
to the shield.
Rob Raeside, 14 Dec 2002
I believe that this information is a misinterpretation. The arms were granted in 1554 and then they have already the white flag with red cross (I assume that a Burgundian cross). On the page
