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Croatia: Cultural Monuments

Spomenik kulture

Flag hoisted on Cultural Monuments - Image by Željko Heimer, 7 September 1995

Flag on Cultural Monuments

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Flag on Cultural Monuments

A white flag with a blue device with the inscription "SPOMENIK KULTURE", underneath in two rows, was extensively used during the war in Croatia in 1991-92, and later. The flag was hoisted from all the buildings that were protected by UNESCO as a cultural or natural heritage, though it did not help much: many of the buildings hanging the flag were totally destroyed. Most notably, the flag was flown over Dubrovnik, which is protected as a whole town. It has been flying also over many churches, museums etc. In Zagreb, many museums still fly it.

Željko Heimer, 17 January 2001

The symbol, a five-sided shield divided per saltire blue and white, is the symbol of cultural sites protected under the 1954 Hague Convention.

Joseph McMillan, 15 January 2001