3414 x 5120 px | 28,9 x 43,3 cm | 11,4 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Januar 2008
Ort:
Dhrousia Pathos Pafos Cyprus
Weitere Informationen:
The flag of Greece Dhrousia Monuments dedicated to two young men of the village who were members of EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) and who died for their cause. The flag of Greece is based on 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 symbolises Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the people of Greece. According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase Freedom or Death the five blue stripes for the syllables and the four white stripes . There is also a different theory, that the nine stripes symbolize the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilization (nine has traditionally been one of the numbers of reference for the Greeks). The blazon of the flag is Azure, four bars Argent; the canton Azure with a Greek cross throughout Argent. The shade of blue used in the flag has varied throughout its history, from light blue to dark blue, the latter being increasingly used since the late 1960s.
