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Starigrad (Municipality, Zadar County, Croatia)

Flag of Starigrad - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007

Presentation of Starigrad
Flag of Starigrad
Coat of arms of Starigrad

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Presentation of Starigrad

Starigrad is located some 40 km north-east of Zadar, in the coastal region beneath the Velebit Mountains. It has 1,900 inhabitants, 1,100 in the place of the same name.
The National Park Starigrad Paklenica, with a monumental canyon entering the sea, is situated in the municipality, being its primary source of tourist income. Outside Starigrad are the remains of the Roman settlement of Vegium, badly damaged by bombing during the war in the 1990s.

Željko Heimer, 18 August 2006

Flag of Starigrad

The symbols of Starigrad are described in the Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Starigrad, adopted on 31 January 2006 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 1 February 2006 in the County official gazette Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije, No. 3.
This is repeated in the current Municipality Statutes Statut Općine Starigrad, adopted on 9 July 2009 by the Municipality Assembly and published on 19 August 2009 in Službeni glasnik Zadarske županije, No. 16.

The symbols were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka, and approved by the Ministry of Administration / Central State Office for Administration before 2006.

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

Željko Heimer, 8 November 2009

Coat of arms of Starigrad

Coat of arms of Starigrad - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007

The coat of arms is prescribed in Article 5 of the Statutes as "Azure between rocks argent a two-handled vessel also argent". However, the drawing of the coat of arms on the municipal website shows a simple jar without handles.
The rocky gorge in the coat of arms depicts the Paklenica canyon and the vessel represents an old Roman glass jar.

Željko Heimer, 14 October 2007