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| Flag of the Basque country
 Guest  2009/8/3 17:29
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| The |ikurriña|( or |ikurrina|, that in |euskera| pronounces to him the same as the previous ) is a created flag in 1894 for the Louis brothers and Sabine trick ( the founder of the nationalist match Basque ), as symbol of Euskadi, that initial identified oneself with the Biscay territory.According to explaining trick ( for example, in 1895 , for mouth of a |bizkaitarra| character in the Phoenician flag ), the design of the flag based on those of the shield of Biscay: It has a red buttom, color of the dominion of Biscay and, according to trick, color of the ancient buttom of the shield. On this buttom, superposes a green saltier, symbol of the saint apostle Andrew, pattern of Biscay, taken of the seven crosses of the bordure of the shield. It would symbolize the Biscayan independence for have in debt the day of saint Andrew the Arrigoriaga victory against the spanishes. to the Saint Andrew's Cross is superposes you a blanc cross, symbol of the Catholic religion, as she who appears inserted in the oak of the shield. This rank in the placing of the crosses meant that the Biscayan legislation must " subject in an all to the religious and moral laws ".url=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_del_Pa%C3%ADs_Vasco/url photo |
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| I shield Basque country
Guest 2009/8/3 17:28
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| The Basque country, just as other standalone communities hispanize ( as Andalusia and Catalonia ), wanted to not adopt a historical shield and have elaborated other shield according to the political eventses.The traditional shield is the union of the shields of the three Basque (historical territories) provinces.But at present there is a fourth departs, in red. It is due to the claims that had the standalone Basque community on Navarresse where the fourth part it had the golden strings on red buttom. to request of the standalone government of Navarresse, the constitutional court sorted your withdrawal, and now only appears a red buttom.So the current shield of the Basque country this formed for four it quarters, three of them/it appropriate at three Basque provinces and one red. But of the shields of the three provinces, it is necessary to signal that those of Guipúzcoa and Biscay is not the traditional.url=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_del_Pa%C3%ADs_Vasco/url photo |
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| Basque country map
Guest 2006/7/14 12:44
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| Virgin of Aránzazu. Patroness of Oñate (Guipúzcoa) and of the Basque country
Guest 2006/7/13 18:51
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| The venerated in the villa of Oñate, Guipúzcoa, of whose province is patroness, in your limits with those of Álava. It is appeared you on 11th June 1468 to a shepherd called Roderick of Balzategui and, to your side, a bell, in the presence of those who praied the « Ave María » and after ran to signal to the others neighboring, that they could contemplate, also, the prodigy and the image of the lady. It is a chat soothe you, of 36 cm of high, of stone, with a weight of nine kiloes, of ends of the XIII century or principles of the XIV, with the child, it undress, on your knees. It is exposed on a green hawthorn, that it is said is the original of your appearance. Between your visiting and devout more illustrious, finds to him saint Ignatius of Loyola, as remembers it a gravestone that evokes such facts: |
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