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Albania
Flag of Albania.svg
Name Albania
Use National flag
Proportion 5:7
Adopted 1912 (original flag) 7 April 1992 (current flag)
Design A silhouette of an open-winged bicephalated eagle on a red field.

The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë) is a red flag, with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the centre.


Images for kids

  • Paolo Veronese - The Triumph of Mordecai - WGA24785

    Trionfo di Mardocheo by Paolo Veronese in the church of San Sebastiano, Venice, 1556. According to a modern analysis of the painting, Skanderbeg who holds the Albanian flag is depicted as the Biblical hero Mordechai who saved the Hebrews in the Babylonian Empire.

  • Doppeladler Albanien

    Double-headed eagle found in a mural inside the Shën Ndoji church in Rodon, possibly dating from the 15th century

  • Castle of Kruja (Kalaja e Krujes)

    Albanian flag on a pole at the entrance of Krujë Castle

  • Postcard of the Albanian Flag by Aladro Kastriota (1913)

    Postcard showing an illustration of the Albanian flag alongside a photograph of Aladro Kastriota (c.1913)

  • Kartolinë e mirënjohjes nga Sp. T. Ilo (1920)

    This postcard by Spiridon Ilo, was printed as a sign of gratitude for the US assistance in reaffirming the legitimacy of the new Albanian State. The postcard came into circulation in 1920, the year when President Woodrow Wilson famously arbitrated his support for the independence of Albania at the Paris Peace Conference.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bandera de Albania para niños

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