City of L-Isla (Malta) (original) (raw)

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• Description
• Local Council flag

See also:

• Subnational Flags (Malta)
• Malta
• Flag of Grand Master Claude de la Sengle (1553-1557)

Description

Blazon: Or on a saltire Sable five scallops Argent, i.e. a yellow flag with a black saltire, on its ends and centre five white pilgrim's scallops.
Santiago Dotor, 9 February 2006

Citta Invicta: L-Isla: This city built by Grandmaster Claude de La Sengle is also locally called L-Isla, referring to Isola Point on which it was built behind Fort St Michael.
Christopher Vella, 15 May 2004

Meaning:
It is the pattern of the coat of arms of the kin ofGrand Master Claude de la Sengle, who gave the city its name.
Source: Information was given by a member of local Labour Party. I have not seen the flag, only the coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 October 2008

Local Council flag

[ ](../images/m/mt-04!gm.gif) 3:5 image by Dirk Schönberger, and Ant�nio Martins-Tuv�lkin,31 May 2007