Karte des ältesten noch verwendeten Symbols jedes europäischen Landes
Von trumparegis
Karte des ältesten noch verwendeten Symbols jedes europäischen Landes
Von trumparegis
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Slovaks used that symbol in the 1848 uprising.
Source: my ass
It is likely that the Albanian double headed eagle has its origins earlier in the 1300s, as it’s a copy of the Kastrioti double headed Eagle.
The double headed itself is a Roman symbol, originating either in the late Republic or Early Empire and continued on to the Eastern Roman Empire, where it was adopted by a bunch of Balkan and Anatolian noble families to show their connection with Constantinople.
Bullshit map.
The current Dutch national flag uses different colours than the one displayed here. This old one now has an unfortunate connotation after being used by national socialists during ww2.
The modern Spanish coat of arms may have only been in use after the restoration of the monarchy post Franco, but its elements are much, much older. Therefore I don’t agree with the year mentioned on the map.
There are definitely older symbols in use in almost all of these countries. Maybe OP means officially in use?
Croatia’s crest has a crown with 5 smaller crests. The first one is from the 12th century.
These kind of maps are just useless because current modern political borders and entities don’t correspond to the political entities and borders of hundred years ago. It’s pretty hard to define what is a ‚country‘ over the years, especially those dating before the Westphalian system.
For example the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th century is something else completely than current Germany. Germanic confederation was only founded in 1815, yet the symbol is from 12th century.
Take the case for Belgium, was also only founded in 1831, yet their symbol is from 1831. It was in many ways partially united like the HRE was over it’s history.
Why not choose here the symbol of the Austrian Netherlands for Belgium but you do choose the imperial symbol for Germany?
Wtf?😂 Spain 1981? Most of those symbols within the national emblem are from 11th and 12th century…
Germany’s falcon is very stylistic, looks more modern than what is said here