Fažana (Municipality, Istria County, Croatia)

Fasana

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Flag of Fažana - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 June 2013

• Presentation of Fažana
• Flag of Fažana
• Coat of arms of Fažana
• Ceremonial flag of Fažana

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• Croatia
• Istria County (Croatia)
• Croatia: Local flags

Presentation of Fažana

The municipality of Fažana (Italian, Fasana; 3,050 inhabitants in 2011) is located north-west of Pula, just outside it, on the coast across the channel from the famous Brijuni Islands resort. The municipality of Fažana actually includes the Brijuni Islands.

Željko Heimer, 25 November 2004

Flag of Fažana

The symbols of Fažana are prescribed by the Statutory Decision Statutarna odluka o grbu i zastavi Općine Fažana, adopted on 23 February 2004 by the Municipality Council and published on 5 March 2004 in the county official gazette Službene novine list Istarske županije, No. 3.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.

The flag is in proportions 1:2, dark blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer & Tomislav Šipek, 3 November 2007

Coat of arms of Fažana

Coat of arms of Fažana - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 June 2013

The coat of arms is "Azure an old amphora or".
Fažana was the site of amphore production and export in the Antiquity.

Željko Heimer & Tomislav Šipek, 3 November 2007

Ceremonial flag of Fažana

Ceremonial flag of Fažana - Image by Željko Heimer, 5 June 2013/P>

The ceremonial flag (photos, Amforica magazine, No. 21) is a dark blue yellow bordered gonfalon ending triangularly with a fringe, the coat of arms in the centre of it, topped with the name of the municipality in Croatian and Italian above it and grapevine and olive branches below.

Željko Heimer, 13 January 2011