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From <www.arctur.si>:
Art.2 - Location, arms and gonfalone
1. The location of Provincia (offices) is the capoluogo (main
town of the district).
2. The way to use arms and gonfalone is determined by the
"regulation".
3. The coat of arms, showing a golden lion rampant on a sky blue
field and six alternating red and silver stripes on a (other)
field, was granted to the Provincia by Royal Decree dated 13
November 1929.
4. The gonfalone, reproducing the arms of the Provincia, with a
sky blue and yellow background, richly embroidered with gold and
in the prescribed dimension, was granted by Royal Decree dated 7
November 1929.
Pier Paolo Lugli, 24 March 2000
Correct me if I am wrong, but this royal decree surely
"just" confirms the previous coat of arms of Gorizia as
used by Austrian Emperors for centuries before. One would guess
that Gorizia province was the legal successor of the unit in 1929
that was granted the arms. Maybe it is, though at that time it
was still monarchy ... And, if it is not the legal
"continual" successor, wouldn't it be better to quote
the oldest grant giving such a coat of arms that would go several
hundreds of years back in time. Then, of course, that one would
not be Italian - so that might be an other reason. Anyway, just a
bunch of speculations.
Another question that seems is not unique for Gorizia (may
similar examples over here in Croatia) - how come the gonfalone
was granted a week before the coat of arms, and still it includes
that same coat of arms, which in theory did not exist until the
end of the next week?
Zeljko Heimer, 24 March 2000
from <www.provincia.gorizia.it>
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from <www.provincia.gorizia.it>