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by Zeljko Heimer
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The coat of arms pictures the saint patron of the city, St.
George killing the dragon. In background there is a silhuete of
the Fort Nehaj, made in such way as to associate to the Croatian
coat of arms. The coat of arms is encirceled in an ornament
including floral and naval elements. The flag is a tricolour of
colours derived from the coat of arms, according to the
Centraleuropean tradition. Both coat of arms and the flag are
aparently against the general rules set by the Ministry of
Administration regarding the local symbols, but it may be that
since those were adopted quite early (1993?) that they were
allowed to stay. In any case, the legal status f those sybols in
uncertain, but they are used nevertheless. Adopted: before 1995
(?).
Source: Tourist leaflet, Tourist Board of the City of
Senj, undated (around 1996). Commemorative coin 5 kuna 1995, 500
years of the printing house in Senj. HRT, 1997
Zeljko Heimer
The source showing the Coat of Arms (but
not the flag as far as I have noted): is the website of Grad Senj
<http://www.senj.hr>.
Zeljko Heimer, 6 September 2003
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by Zeljko Heimer
by Ivan Sarajcic, 2 May 2000
One of the oldest historical source for flag examination is
map. In monography of Historical Institute in Belgrade
"Monumenta Cartographica Jugoslaviae II" Narodna
knjiga, Belgrade 1979. author Gordana Tomovic compares different
XVIth century naval maps of Balkan peninsula. She notices flags
above some place names on map preserved in 'Bibliotheque National
in Paris (Departement des cartes et plans)' made on pergament by
Angelino Dulcert (1339a.d.):
"The flag above Senj (Segna) is verticaly divided, left
field is red with 8-pointed star, and right field is light yellow
(pic.11- Flag above town of
Senj (Segna) - [in today's Croatia yellow star is my gue
