Greece - a country with a rich history that exists is not the first millennium.Of course, such a long time it provided a great cultural heritage.It can be traced even in the state symbols, even though the Greek flag and emblem were adopted not so long ago.And if a blue and white striped flag with a cross in the corner is familiar to many, the other characters do not know everything.Meanwhile, coat very similar to the flag of the country.
Modern look Emblem
Currently, Greece uses the image of direct silver cross on an azure shield, which is surrounded by a laurel wreath.There are three different color variants of the latter.White and blue wreath shows the official coat of arms of Greece, the armed forces are golden.The multi-color version, with green leaves, a symbol used by citizens all over the place, in an informal setting.The symbolic meaning is not changed depending on the color.
What is the coat of arms of Greece?
central element, a shield with a direct cross recalls the military glory and the Christian religion, which is connected with a difficult history of the struggle of the Greek Orthodox Church for the freedom of the country.Under blue skies, and are understood clearly Greece washing the sea: the Mediterranean, the Aegean, Ionian and Cretan.On the white purity of the intentions associated Greek patriots.There is another version, or explaining the coat of arms of Greece.According to her, the blue color means charity and hope, and white - justice, beauty and faith.Finally, the third option associates blue with truth and loyalty, and white - with the world.Laurel wreath framing the shield, reminiscent of ancient history.Once in Greece awarded as the winners of the Olympic Games.In the current version of the coat of arms of Greece approved the seventh June 1975.
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State symbols are constantly changing.Flag and coat of arms of Greece were taken forty years ago.Prior to that, they used completely different characters.Thus, the ancient coat of arms of Greece combined the image of an owl, and Pallas Athena, which were applied to the coin.
In the fifteenth century the Greeks were under the Turkish yoke.Patriots began to use the white cross as a symbol of the fight against Muslim Turkey.The uprising of 1829 is also associated with such images.In the course of the cloth were blue or red with crosses, the Virgin, the saints and the phoenix bird, covered with fire.During the reign of the first president of the Greek press in the country has become the image of the mythical bird that symbolizes renewal and rebirth.
After returning to the monarchy in the country began to use the Bavarian flag.Coat of arms of Greece was then made in the same colors.Crowned white and blue shield on the sides supported the golden lions and crowned image of the purple robe.In 1963, the throne passed to the Danish prince, and on the arms were blue lions.Shield support with giant club.
In 1924, again the republic was formed, which was the emblem of a white cross on an azure shield.Robe and crown removed from the image, and the edges, there are two ancient Greek warrior.After ten years, the country voted in favor of the return of the monarchy, and the new emblem was chosen very similar to the modern character - a crowned shield.
Anthem Greece
Coat of arms and flag of the country in many respects similar.What can tell anthem?His idea corresponds to the meaning of two other state symbols and talks about freedom.Keyword anthem were written in 1823 by a Greek named Dionysis Solomos, who lived on a small island.Then the national independence was the main goal of most people, and the song became a kind of ideological weapon.The hymn 158 lines, but in modern Greece are executed only the first two stanzas.
