Biscay is one of the most renowned and prosperous provinces of Spain, historically a major trading hub in the Atlantic Ocean since medieval times and, later on, one of the largest …

The flag of the Basque Country, also known as the ikurrina (in Basque) [1] or ikurriña (Spanish spelling of the Basque term) [2] is the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous …

Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia; Spanish: Vizcaya) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the …

It is the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community. The red background of the Ikurrina derives from the provincial flag of Biscay (Bizkaia). The Ikurrina flag symbolizes not …

Biscay flag color codes with HEX, RGB, CMYK, Pantone (PMS), RAL, NCS values. Download the Biscay flag as JPG or PNG image and printable PDF and SVG along with color palette image.

Jan 4, 2025 · The Ikurriña was created only for Bizkaia (Biscay, a region of Euskadi), but it became very popular and the rest of the Basque regions (4 in Spain and 3 in France) accepted …

The flag was designed in 1894 to represent the province of Biscay, Sabino Arana did not conceive that flag as the Ikurriña that we know today, nor did he have the slightest intention that it …

In 1200 the king of Castile had inherited the Lordship of Biscay and along the 14th century several cities in Alava and lordships in Guipuzcoa requested the protection of the Castilian crown to …

The flag of Biscay (Vizcaya/Bizkaia) province has the coat of arms, charged with the Gernika oak on a base proper covering a silver cross, on a silver field, with a border of gold bearing eight …

Historically, the flag of Bizkaia was red, so the aim of the Arana brothers was to also give it the meaning of Bizkaia, independence and God. So the red color of the field represents Bizkaia or …