AZ FLAG Brittany Flag 2' x 3' - French region of Bretagne flags 90 x 60 cm - Banner 2x3 ft light polyester

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You can increase the life of any flag by taking it down at night, avoiding flying it during periods of severe weather, and also by ensuring that the flagpole is free of rough patches and protrusions upon which the flag can catch.

We start with vibrant RGB art and lay down our own 8 colour bi-directional print onto the fabric, forcing far more ink through the weave than many of our competitors. The south coast, facing onto the Bay of Biscay, is flatter, much milder, and has a number of large sandy beaches.citation needed] In Upper, or eastern, Brittany, the traditional language is Gallo, an Oïl language, which has also received regional recognition and is in the process of being revived. The name "Brittany" derives from the Britons, an Insular Celtic (Brythonic) people who inhabited most of Great Britain during the Roman and Sub-Roman periods. designed by the amateur painter Max Loriquet, from Thorigné-Fouillard, a town located north-east of Rennes. The French administration now allows for some Breton or Gallo to be used by the region and its communes, in road signs and names of towns and cities, alongside the official French language version. The five black stripes represent the French or Gallo speaking dioceses of Dol, Nantes, Rennes, Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc; the four white stripes represent the Breton-speaking dioceses of Trégor, Léon, Cornouaille and Vannes.

The present flag ‘Gwenn Ha Du’ means simple ‘white and black’ and was designed as late as the 1920’s but incorporates both these historical devices and boasts 11 ermines to represent traditional Brittany with black and white bars to represent the Breton and Gallaise speaking regions. Marchal did not assign any meaning to the number of ermine spots, which was not fixed in his earlier designs; for some Breton independentists, the 11 ermine spots represent the 11 letters of the motto Breizh dieuh, "Free Brittany". Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white with an ermine canton (sable, four bars argent, a canton ermine). The flag of Brittany was for a long time, associated with the Breton separatism and was frowned upon by most of the public, but the flag is now viewed as neutral to all causes and flown throughout Brittany, even on government buildings.A red field divided by a white saltire, with a red disk in the centre of the saltire and four white ermine spots sticking out of the disk, arranged like a compass rose.

Rennes is situated in the east of Brittany, being the capital of the region, the capital of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, as well as the most populous metropolitan area in Brittany with 700,000 inhabitants (2013). This great value Brittany flag measures 5ft x 3ft and is printed onto quality polyester in bold, clear colours and designs. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. The reunification of Brittany is supported by a majority of Loire-Atlantique and is considered a prerequisite to further autonomy of Brittany as a whole. These flags, boasting exceptional quality, serve a variety of purposes, whether on exterior flagpoles, at sporting events, or at indoor displays.Please be aware that some navigational and safety products may be dated, and as such a full refund may in some cases not be possible.

Several incidents happened, for instance when Marchal's flag was flown for the first time on the town hall of Plougastel without the French flag. There are also many inlets on the south coast, such as La Trinité sur Mer, which in the past have been ports and commercial harbours, but today are more popular with yachtsmen and a dwindling fishing industry. The name of Brittany derives from settlers from Great Britain, who fled the island in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England between the fifth and seventh centuries. The Fortuneo–Vital Concept cycling pro team participate every year at the Tour de France, the Bretagne Classic, and the Route Adélie de Vitré.

Many Bretons falsely believe their flag is the only flag without color in the world, although their fellow Celts and close neighborus Cornwall also have a flag without coloru. Promoting the plain ermine as the genuine Breton flag, the bard Léon Le Berre (1874-1946) had for 12 years a harsh quarrel with Marchal, which was aired in the newspapers Ouest-Éclair and La Bretagne à Paris. We expect our durable outdoor quality printed flags to last as well as sewn flags whilst flying much better at lower wind speeds.