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Flag_of_Greece.svg‎ (SVG file, nominally 810 × 540 pixels, file size: 314 B)

Description

English: The flag of Greece (since 1978) & the Naval Ensign of Greece (since 1828).

Nine stripes symbolizing the nine syllables of the motto of the Greek Independence struggle "Liberty or Death", in greek "E-lef-the-ri-a -i- Tha-na-tos", which led to the formation of modern Greece. The stripes are in blue and white, standing for the deep blue sea and the clear skies. The cross at the top, left-hand corner is a symbol of Christianity and emphasizes the deep-rooted connection between the country and Christianity.

The blue and white colours of the Greek flag symbolize the blue of the sky and sea and the white of the light of the sun, colors that were preserved in the hellenic history from the shield of Achilles, the banners of Alexander the Great, the flags of Konstantinos Palaiologos to the colours of the emblem of the first king of the Hellenes in the modern times.

Česky: Vlajka Řecka

Dansk: Det græske flag

Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Ελλάδας

Italiano: Bandiera della Grecia.

Slovenščina: državna zastava Grčije

Date

24 April 2006(2006-04-24)

Source

own code

Author

(of code) cs:User:-xfi- (talk)

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(Reusing this image)

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:26, 24 June 2009		810×540 (314 B)	SkyBon (Talk \| contribs)	(code cleanup)
	02:16, 2 October 2008		810×540 (576 B)	Badseed (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 12:53, 12 September 2008)
	01:24, 2 October 2008		1,200×800 (24 KB)	Peeperman (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }})
	12:53, 12 September 2008		810×540 (576 B)	EmilJ (Talk \| contribs)	(code cleanup)
	18:22, 20 December 2007		810×540 (2 KB)	Oren neu dag (Talk \| contribs)	(grouping all paths in the SVG file)
	18:22, 20 December 2007		810×540 (625 B)	Oren neu dag (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 23:37, 23 August 2006)
	18:19, 20 December 2007		810×540 (2 KB)	Oren neu dag (Talk \| contribs)	(grouping all paths in the SVG file)
	23:37, 23 August 2006		810×540 (625 B)	-xfi- (Talk \| contribs)	(code to avoid white stripes after scaling; encoding;)
	19:47, 24 April 2006		810×540 (495 B)	-xfi- (Talk \| contribs)	(2:3; same colors; less bytes;)
	16:51, 22 April 2006		703×467 (175 KB)	Nightstallion (Talk \| contribs)	(supposedly the correct colour)
	21:32, 17 January 2006		1,350×900 (846 B)	Gabbe (Talk \| contribs)	(try heightening a bit less)
	21:29, 17 January 2006		1,350×900 (846 B)	Gabbe (Talk \| contribs)	(lengthened vertical part of cross to fix strange error)
	03:30, 7 January 2006		1,350×900 (863 B)	Gabbe (Talk \| contribs)	(cleaned up SVG code)
	03:56, 15 December 2005		450×300 (2 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(I had to make one of the cross arms a bit bigger to hide that blue line. But, I hope no one could tell the difference. I also cloned a few more things together.)
	03:43, 15 December 2005		450×300 (2 KB)	Zscout370 (Talk \| contribs)	(I cloned the stripes and cross, but I still cannot get rid of that blue line at the bottom of the cross.)
	22:55, 27 September 2005		450×300 (4 KB)	SKopp (Talk \| contribs)	(The flag of Greece. Source: Drawn by User:SKopp {{Template:Insignia}} Category:Flags of Greece)