The Flag of Greece at The Parthenon at the Acropolis Athens Greece
by Wayne Moran
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The Flag of Greece at The Parthenon at the Acropolis Athens Greece
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Wayne Moran
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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The Flag of Greece at The Parthenon at the Acropolis Athens Greece
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "blue and white one", is officially recognized by Greece as one of its national symbols and has nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
The blazon (a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms) of the flag is Azure, four bars Argent; on a canton of the field a Greek cross throughout of the second.
The nine stripes do not have any official meaning; the most popular theory says that they represent the syllables of the phrase "Freedom or Death). The nine stripes is also said to represent the letters of the word "freedom" (Greek: ελευθερία). White and blue symbolize the colors of the Greek sky and sea.
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November 3rd, 2023
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