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Flag for you!


Flag for you!
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Copyright: Lucio Red (Redrubin) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 725 W: 39 N: 1141] (8207)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-11
Categories: Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-12 1:33
Viewed: 411
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A travel in Switzerland,
time to think driving
time to live the past
time to think to friendship
time so precious time
but you were in my mind
and I told you!
You know you are in my mind.


PL

Flaga Szwajcarii to czerwony kwadrat z białym krzyżem greckim na środku. Długość każdego z ramion krzyża jest o 1/6 większa niż ich szerokość i, choć formalnie tego nie ustalono, rozpiętość krzyża zwyczajowo stanowi 2:3 lub 7:10 rozpiętości flagi. Jest to jedna z dwóch - obok watykańskiej - kwadratowych flag na świecie.
Historia
W 1339 wszyscy żołnierze i oficerowie biorący udział w bitwie pod Laupen, byli oznaczeni znakiem krzyża. Od tego czasu biały krzyż w czerwonym polu stał się wspólnym symbolem Szwajcarów, a od XV wieku chorągiew konfederacji była czerwona z białym krzyżem równoramiennym. Obecny wzór otrzymał w 1848 szwajcarskie sztandary wojskowe. Ich dokładne proporcje ustalono w rozkazie wojskowym z 1852. Te same proporcje przyjęto dla flagi państwowej 12 grudnia 1889.
ITALIAN
La bandiera svizzera č una bandiera quadrata di colore rosso con una croce greca bianca al centro. La scelta dei colori risale al Sacro Romano Impero Germanico e la foggia della bandiera ha origine nelle battaglie della fine del XIV secolo, anche se la taglia della croce ha subito molti cambiamenti:
• drappo triangolare con croce bianca che si estende fino ai bordi nel XV e XVI secolo;
• croce bianca fatta da 5 quadrati uguali, su fondo rosso nel XIX secolo;
• a partire dal 1889 si ha la forma attuale nella quale la lunghezza di ogni braccio della croce č superiore di 1/6 alla sua larghezza.
La bandiera della Croce Rossa deriva dalla bandiera svizzera, alla quale sono stati invertiti i colori.
ENGLISH
The flag of Switzerland consists of a red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center. It is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of the Vatican City. (The civil and state ensign, used by Swiss ships and boats, has more traditional proportions of 2:3.)
Only the dimensions of the cross are formally established since 1889: "The coat of arms of the federation is, within a red field, an upright white cross, whose [four] arms of equal length are a sixth longer than their width."[1]. The size of the cross in relation to the field is not formally established except on the naval ensign. A relation of 2:3 or 7:10 to the span of the flag is usual.
Legends and history
The ultimate origin of the white cross is attributed by three competing legends: To the Theban Legion, to the Reichssturmfahne attested from the 12th century, and to the Arma Christi that were especially venerated in the three forest cantons, and which they were allegedly allowed to display on the formerly uniformly red battle flag from 1289 by king Rudolph I of Habsburg at the occasion of a campaign to Besançon.
The oldest surviving specimen of a flag of Schwyz dates to the Burgundian Wars (1474–77). The illustrated chronicles show an asymmetrical white cross, drawn in greater detail, including the body of Christ, and the equilateral cross became predominant only in the later 17th century.
Use of a white cross as a mark of identification of the combined troops of the Old Swiss Confederacy is first attested in the Battle of Laupen (1339), where it was sewn on combatants' clothing as two stripes of textile, contrasting with the red St. George's cross of Habsburg Austria, and with the St. Andrew's cross used by Burgundy and Maximilian I.
Civilian use of the white cross as a symbol of the confederacy is attested from the 16th century. From the 17th century, the white cross was carried on the banners of all cantonal troops, on the background of the cantonal colours.
General Niklaus Franz von Bachmann used the white cross in a red field in 1800 and 1815, and following this use, the symbol was adopted as national symbol in the federal contract of 1815 (see also Switzerland in the Napoleonic era).
Modern Switzerland
General Guillaume-Henri Dufour proposed use of the flag for the federal forces in 1840, and in 1889 the Federal Council defined the 1/6th proportion of the cross's members, while the ratio of the cross to the square field, or the shield in the case of the coat of arms, remained unspecified.
Colour
The exact hue of red in the Swiss flag is not defined by law, and various authorities have used various colours over time. In 2007, the corporate design guide of the federal authorities designated Pantone's PMS 485 (consisting of 100 percent magenta and yellow each) as the shade of red to be used in print, and the colour described with the hexadecimal value of #FF0000 for use on the web.[2]
Red Cross
The Red Cross symbol used by the International Committee of the Red Cross is based on the Swiss flag. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. It is, in terms of its color, a reversal of the Swiss national flag, a meaning which was adopted to honor Swiss native and Red Cross founder Henry Dunant.
ROMANA
Drapelul Elveţiei e format dintr-un pătrat roşu cu o cruce albă, cu braţele egale, în centru. Este unul din cele două steaguri naţionale pătrate, celălalt fiind Drapelul Vaticanului.
Dimensiunile crucii faţă de pânza steagului nu sunt standardizate cu excepţia stindardului naval. De obicei se folosesc rapoarte de 2:3 sau 7:10. Nuanţa de roşu nu este nici ea standardizată; de obicei se foloseşte un roşu deschis.
Steagul Elveţiei se bazează pe steagul Cantonului Schwyz
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Ciao Lucio!
Amazing place. Wonderful flag.
Nice lightness and colors.
Good take. TFS!

Hello Lucio
Great Idea but pic could have been sharper

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  • Koala Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 354 W: 21 N: 71] (2248)
  • [2008-04-12 5:19]
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Lucio you really overwhelm me with your critiques :P and i thank you very much.
Now about your image here...it's beautiful, very interesting. i never been to Switzerland, but i wish to see this country of which i heard it's beautiful. Very nice of you to write your note in so many languages and between them Romanian too.
Great idea!

Alexandra

Hello Lucio
great capture, amazing view-great mountains, it must be wonderful place, impressive note dear friend...
Magda

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  • Loup Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 0 N: 57] (1116)
  • [2008-04-12 9:50]
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Hello Lucio
Superb shot! Amazing landscape .
Beautiful colors and softness.
Pieceful place!!! I can sit on this bench an look this mountains everyday :o))))
I love it!
Thank
Jasmine

Hello Lucio!
Good composition and interesting note! Lovely place!
TFS, Best regards, Zorica

Great picture with amazing landscape and perfect composition with flag...great words about time...I do agree with it...
and there is some gift for you cause i see you love russian poetry:)
http://www.ezgeta.com/ljermontov.html

a presto:))
biljana

Hi Lucio,

Great shot....such a good point of view.
That for sharing,

See you,
Sabina:)

Oh Lucio, certo che te la sei girta in lungo e largo l'Europa, bella anche questa della Svizzera, con la bandiera rossocrociata che spicca alla grande sulle splendide montagne, bravo, ciao Silvio

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1041 W: 53 N: 677] (11011)
  • [2008-04-13 2:10]

Hi Lucio,
beautiful compo and blueness.Beautiful contrast between blueness and flag.Congratulations.Necla.

Thank you for the wonderful postings my friend. They come from the heart and they are appreciated!
Best regards,
Diana
p.s. tomorrow

witaj Lucio
nice shot, symbol of Switzerland
and the mountains
great POV;
all the best Lucio
ciao Karolina

Dear my friend!
Very like note!
Beautifull colours!
Original!
Grat!
jazmin

Ciao Lucio!!

I know very well that flag..i suppose everybody knows! its the only flag in the world which is a square not rectangle!!
Would u like to play with me in recognizing the flags?!
I know all flags in the world!:D
TFS
KIss
ANIA

The Swiss colors in all aspects Lucio!
jan

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