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Flag of Biograd na moru - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 October 2003
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Biograd na moru ("Biograd on the sea / by the sea") is located some 20 km south of Zadar. It was granted the Town status in 1997.
Željko Heimer, 2 October 2003
The symbols of Biograd na moru were designed by the Heraldic Art d.o.o. company, from Rijeka.
The flag is in proportions 1:2, light blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.
Željko Heimer & Tomislav Šipek, 3 November 2007
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Coat of arms of Biograd na moru - Image by Željko Heimer, 2 October 2003
The first, old Venetian coat of arms of Biograd is recorded from 1574. The new coat of arms was designed by one Simičić from Zadar after an idea of Šimo Ljubić (1822-1896), a noted historian. This coat of arms, still in use, is "Quarterly, first and fourth on a checky gules and azure, an Old Croatian crown or, and second and third, azure on a base vert a tower or with gates sable".
Originally, the shield was crowned as a symbol of Royal and coronation towwn and was inscribed "Insigni civitatis Albae maris Biograd" ("Arms of the White City at Sea Biograd"). During the Socialist period, the crown was replaced with a red five-pointed star, that was removed in the early 1990s.
Željko Heimer, 2 October 2003