Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In North Macedonia, the symbol is known as Sun of Kutleš (Macedonian: Сонце од Кутлеш). In 1992, Todor Petrov proposed the Vergina Sun as the national symbol of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). [23] The symbol was adopted by the newly independent country in the same year, displaying it on its new flag.
The eight-rayed sun derives from the national emblem [1] and represents the "new sun of Liberty" referred to in "Denes nad Makedonija" ("Today over Macedonia"). [2] The first post-Yugoslav flag of the country, adopted in 1992, known as the Kutlesh flag, featured the Vergina Sun , a symbol that had been discovered at Aigai , the first capital ...
The flag of the Republic of North Macedonia depicts a stylised yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field. [2] The eight-rayed sun represents "the new sun of Liberty" referred to in the national anthem Denes nad Makedonija (Today over Macedonia). [ 3 ]
The flag of Macedonia (Greek: Σημαία της Μακεδονίας) represents a Vergina Sun with 16 rays in the centre of a blue field. This flag, as well as the Vergina Sun, is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of the Greek region of Macedonia and its subdivisions .
The Vergina Sun (also known as the Star of Vergina, Macedonian Star, or Argead Star) is a rayed solar symbol appearing in ancient Greek art from the 6th to 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun appears in art variously with sixteen, twelve, or eight triangular rays.
Flag Date Use Description 2009-present: Standard of the President of North Macedonia: A shield of the coat of arms has the sun from the flag of North Macedonia. Below the shield are two branches of Macedonian oak with eight leaves and acorns on each branch.
The use of the Macedonian flag is very common in the Macedonian population and the diaspora, [53] [54] [55] depicting the Vergina Sun as their regional symbol, while "Famous Macedonia" is an unofficial anthem and military march. [56]
In Greece the symbol against a blue field is used vastly in the area of Macedonia and it has official status.The Vergina sun on a red field was the first flag of the independent Republic of Macedonia, until it was removed from the state flag under an agreement reached between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece in September 1995. [296]