Village of Iż-Żurrieq (Malta) (original) (raw)

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Casal Zurrico, Iz-Zurrieq, Zurrico, Zurriek, Zurrieq

[ [Village of Zurrieq (Malta)] ](../images/m/mt-67.gif) 3:5 image by António Martins, 1 March 2000

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Coat-of-Arms of Iż-Żurrieq at the Local Council website

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Blazon: Per fess Argent and Azure, a cross couped counterchanged.
António Martins, 1 March 2000

All the coats-of-arms and flags I have found for Iż-Żurrieq show the same basic image, white over blue with a Greek cross counterchanged:

Pascal Gross' Atlas Géographique Mondial website, with good images of Maltese local flags reported by Thomas Borg (a Maltese from Mellieha), shows this image
Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Heraldry website reports no change in the Iż-Żurrieq arms, unlike with several other local councils
Local Councils' Coats-of-arms at the Maltese Government Official Website
Local Councils' Coats-of-arms at the SearchMalta.com website Santiago Dotor, 10 March 2006

The flag of Iż-Żurrieq (Malta) is not correct. I don't blame you however, since this flag with the upper white half and the blue lower half is the most commonly used. However the proper Iż-Żurrieq flag should have the upper half which is a lighter shade of blue. This should also replace the lower white half of the cross. The only two colours present are blue and light blue. In fact Iż-Żurrieq gets its name from izraq which means light blue.
Martin Polidano, 16 February 2007

This being a banner of arms, I strongly doubt that Argent should be rendered in the flag as light blue. Could in fact Iż-Żurrieq gets its canting name from the regular blue parts of the flag/arms. What does the grant say?
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 February 2007

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[ [Village of Zurrieq (Malta)] ](../images/m/mt-67v.gif) image by António Martins, 7 December 2010

A video of the 2006 Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Roman Catholic summer street festival in Iż-Żurrieq, Malta, complete with religious procession and marching bands, shows the hoisting of a very large blue flag with a complex armorial emblem, possibly a local club or laymen brotherhood. In the background a national flag can be seen as well as, from 00:01:45 to 00:02:01 and 00:05:35 to 00:05:40, a narrow flag (about 5:3) attached at its hoist to an upright pole; its design is the same as the reported banner of arms of Iż-Żurrieq Local Council , its top edge being the vertical flag's hoist.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 December 2010