A funny side note is that the animal on the flag of Vannes (the cute flag) is actually an ermine wearing an ermine cloak. The animal is called an ermine and it's the symbol of the region of Brittany (Vannes is in Brittany) but the funny part is that the symbol often displayed on breton flags such as the regional flag or the flag of Rennes is the stylized representation of an ermine (it's the tip of their tail sewed on the rest of the ermine's white fur as the nobles wore it in the Middle Ages)
Beautiful, Excellebt, Congrats on the research for the bkgd of each flag and all the symbolism. How about Japan? They have some of the SIMPLEST BUT STRONGEST heraldic and pennant stuff?
I think it's important to say that, nearly every city in France has a coat of arms, but that flags are in fact very rare, because for each city a coat of arms already exists.
I think the city of Marseille has this flag also because it was founded by the Greeks. It is called "La Cité Phocéenne" (=the Phocean city), in reference to the greek kingdom which founded Marseille. You can find in Marseille's flag the national colors of Greece(white and blue), and a cross just like in the Greek flag.
Although the origin of the fleur-de-lis is unclear, it has retained an association with French nobility. It is widely used in French city emblems as in the coat of arms of the city of Lille, Saint-Denis, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Calais. Some cities that had been particularly faithful to the French Crown were awarded a heraldic augmentation of two or three fleurs-de-lis on the chief of their coat of arms; such cities include Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Reims, Le Havre, Angers, Le Mans, Aix-en-Provence, Tours, Limoges, Amiens, Orléans, Rouen, Argenteuil, Poitiers, Chartres, and Laon, among others.
Your channel deserves so much more views ! I'm French and I didn't know many of these flags before and they are indeed beautiful so thank you very much for sharing them with us. Keep up the good work 👍
Bottom Left: The red flag with a yellow cross is for the city of Toulouse. It's at 2:13 in this video Bottom Right: St. Gerorge type flag is for the city of Boulogne-Sur-Mer and it's at 2:24 in this video
Hope you are enjoying this series! What other countries should we look at next?
A funny side note is that the animal on the flag of Vannes (the cute flag) is actually an ermine wearing an ermine cloak.
The animal is called an ermine and it's the symbol of the region of Brittany (Vannes is in Brittany) but the funny part is that the symbol often displayed on breton flags such as the regional flag or the flag of Rennes is the stylized representation of an ermine (it's the tip of their tail sewed on the rest of the ermine's white fur as the nobles wore it in the Middle Ages)
That makes sense now, most flags from Brittany have it on them
Beautiful, Excellebt, Congrats on the research for the bkgd of each flag and all the symbolism. How about Japan? They have some of the SIMPLEST BUT STRONGEST heraldic and pennant stuff?
I think it's important to say that, nearly every city in France has a coat of arms, but that flags are in fact very rare, because for each city a coat of arms already exists.
Good job bro 👍 I learnt a lot
Glad you enjoyed :) Hope to continue creating similar and better videos!
I think the city of Marseille has this flag also because it was founded by the Greeks.
It is called "La Cité Phocéenne" (=the Phocean city), in reference to the greek kingdom which founded Marseille.
You can find in Marseille's flag the national colors of Greece(white and blue), and a cross just like in the Greek flag.
Although the origin of the fleur-de-lis is unclear, it has retained an association with French nobility. It is widely used in French city emblems as in the coat of arms of the city of Lille, Saint-Denis, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Calais. Some cities that had been particularly faithful to the French Crown were awarded a heraldic augmentation of two or three fleurs-de-lis on the chief of their coat of arms; such cities include Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Reims, Le Havre, Angers, Le Mans, Aix-en-Provence, Tours, Limoges, Amiens, Orléans, Rouen, Argenteuil, Poitiers, Chartres, and Laon, among others.
Your channel deserves so much more views ! I'm French and I didn't know many of these flags before and they are indeed beautiful so thank you very much for sharing them with us. Keep up the good work 👍
I appreciate it Conan! this motivates me to make similar videos! cheers!
The best city flags in Europe
Vannes
Saint-Nazaire
Nantes
Calais
Clermont-Ferrand
Tourcoing
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Chambery
Annecy
Pont-l'Abbé
Which flag is represented in the intro banned on the bottom far left ?
Bottom Left: The red flag with a yellow cross is for the city of Toulouse. It's at 2:13 in this video
Bottom Right: St. Gerorge type flag is for the city of Boulogne-Sur-Mer and it's at 2:24 in this video