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Page created: 3rd October 2000 Last updated: 27th September 2009
The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.	This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Map of the Dubrovnik and Neretva County.

Dubrovnik and Neretva County - Cities

Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija - gradovi

1. Dubrovnik
   • Dubrovnik, Libertas flag
   • Dubrovnik, 197x – 199x
2. Korčula
3. Metković
4. Opuzen
5. Ploče

The regulations on the local flags in Croatia require that a flag of a city or community be of a field of one colour with the coat of arms in the middle or offset towards hoist. Some exceptions from this rule are tolerated for the cities with traditional flag established before these rules were made, while some cities choose to ignore the regulations and use a flag of their liking. It may be that in time the latter exceptions would be replaced.
In 1997 the community of Opuzen was given the status of a city.

• Dubrovnik and Neretva County
• Croatia - Counties
• Croatia
• Croatia - Medieval flags on 14th century flags of Metković
• Republic of Ragusa/Dubrovnik, 1272 - 1808

Dubrovnik

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The coat of arms of Dubrovnik is barry of eight Gules and Argent granted to the city in 14th century by the Hungarian-Croatian king Luis (Ludovik) I the Great, and are in fact the old coat of arms of Hungary (still used in Hungarian coat of arms, known as Hungary Ancient) replaced with the design containing the double cross (Hungary Modern, the other part of the modern Hungarian coat of arms). It is also the same coat of arms in the second shield in the crest of the modern Croatian coat of arms, though there the design is somewhat simplified, and the silver bars are represented in blue, a practice that was not unknown in representations of Dubrovnik coat of arms.
The flag adopted in 1990's is the most popular historical flag of Dubrovnik, among several designs used throughout of the period of independent Dubrovnik Republic, white with the depcition of St. Blasius standing, clead as bishop holding his dexter hand rised in blessing and in his sinister the depiciton of the city. The golden letters "SB" for Sanctus Blasius (locally named Sveti Vlaho) flank the saint. The flag has the same readable picture on the reverse, usually made of two sheets sewn together. The official proportions of the flag are determined to be 2:3, but it is usually used in 1:2 ratio.
The flag used today on the Orlando's column - the main mast in the city square - daily is the national flag, the city flag is displayed there on the Day of St. Blasius, the city festivities day on 3rd February, while the Libertas flag is used during the traditional Dubrovnik Summer Festival.

Dubrovnik, Libertas flag

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The traditional secondary flag of Dubrovnik is the one with inscription Libertas (Liberty), through history used in many variations. Today the red bordered white flag is used on the Oralndo's Column, while the yellow bordered flags are displayed throughout of the city during the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.

Dubrovnik, 197x – 199x

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The flag of the city of Dubrovnik that was used in the last quarter of the 20th century is red with golden outline stylized three tailed flag containing the inscription LI/BER/TAS in three rows of white letters. That flag is variation of the secondary historical flag of the Republic of Dubrovnik.

Korčula

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The fortifications of the old city of Korčula are shown on the arms in a symbolic way combined of several characteristic shapes. On the entrance is standing the city patron St. Mark, holding a Bible in left hand and making blessing with his right hand. This is modernization of the coat of arms granted to Korčula on 17 August 1898, depicting St. Mark standing at the gates of a white three towered white city on red base of a blue shield, which is in turn based on a medieval seal depcting a saint at the gates of a three towered city. The flag is blue with the coat of arms set in the middle, outlined with golden border.

Metković

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The coat of arms of Metković is Quartered Azure and Argent. It is set in the middle of a red flag. The modern coat of arms of Metković is readopted the 14th century coat of arms (and banner of arms) of the city of Narent (Drijeva) recorded on several maps. Narent is, nevertheless, today on the site of the place of Gabela, few kilometers up the river Neretva, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Opuzen

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The coat of arms of Opuzen is argent a tower gules issuant from a boat azure. This coat of arms was made after a historical coat of arms preserved on the balcony of the City Hall in Opuzen. The tower represent a nearby tower Kula Nornska, 16th century fortificatin againt the Turkish raids (today in a community of the same name), and the boat is the traditional trupica used on the Neretva river. The flag is blue with the coat of arms in the middle.

Until 1997 Opuzen was a community.

Ploče

Proposal: March 2009

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The city of Ploče organized a concourse for the design of the coat of arms and the flag, in summer 2003, but did not adopt any symbols. A new commission was established in July 2007, and a new concourse was issued in March 2008.
In March 2009, the city published a design to be discussed by the citizens. The final proposal is argent an eel gules winding around an anchor sable and in chief two mullets of seven gules, with the matching flag with blue or red backgound. The public discussion is open until 15 April 2009. The sevenpointed stars were taken from the family arms of Grupković (Plina), as a characteristic and yet unusual element, the eel symbolizes the Neretva Delta, while the anchor stands for the maritime orientation of the Ploče port.

The town of Ploče was renamed in 1950 into Kardeljevo, but it was soon reverted to Ploče. However, in 1980 it was again named Kardeljevo, and finally in 1990 the original name Ploče was returned.

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