Flag of Greece

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:flag
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1978
22 December 1978
gptkbp:canton blue with white cross
gptkbp:category gptkb:National_symbols_of_Greece
Flags of Europe
gptkbp:color blue
white
gptkbp:country gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:designer nine horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white
white cross on a blue canton
gptkbp:first_adopted 1822
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Flag of Greece
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Galanolefki
gptkb:Kyanolefki
gptkbp:previousEdition plain white cross on blue field
gptkbp:proportion 2:3
gptkbp:stripe_count 9
gptkbp:symbolizes blue and white represent the sea and sky of Greece
cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy
gptkbp:used_as_national_flag_since 1978
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Greek_Armed_Forces
gptkb:government_of_Greece
Greek merchant ships
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greek_Republic
gptkb:Greek_monarchy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5