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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox flag <br />
|Name = Flag of the Hellenic Republic<br />
|Image = Flag of Greece.svg <br />
|Nickname = {{lang|el|Η Γαλανόλευκη}} ({{lang|el-Latn|I Galanolefki}}, 'The Blue and White') <br />
|Proportion= 2:3<br />
|Adoption = {{Start date and age|1978|12|22|df=y}}}} <br />
[[image:Greek flag waving.png|thumb|right|The Greek flag.]]<br />
[[File:Old land flag of Greece.png|alt=|thumb|The old Greek flag.]]<br />
The '''flag of [[Greece]]''' is [[rectangle|rectangular]] with nine equal stripes of blue (5) and white (4) from left to right. In the top left corner is a blue square with a white cross. This flag has been used since 1822, when the young Greek state was fighting for its [[independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Greek War of Independence]].<ref name="presidency">{{Cite web |url=http://www.presidency.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=6&lang=en |title=''The Flag'', from the site of the Presidency of the Hellenic Republic |access-date=2022-02-16 |archive-date=2011-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410212637/http://www.presidency.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=6&lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The current flag of [[Greece]] was officially adopted during the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus|First national assembly of the Greeks at Epidaurus]] in 1822, and the flag with the 9 stripes was adopted as a state and military ensign (a flag used only by the government and the military, and only on ships). Another flag was chosen as a land flag, it was a simple white cross on a blue field. A third flag was adopted for the merchant fleet (a flag to be used by civilians on ships only), but it was only used for 8 years. In 1978, the ensign was chosen as the sole national flag, and it is now used by everyone on land and sea as the flag of [[Greece]].<br />
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A different opinion states that the Greek flag is an exact duplicate of the East India Trading Company flag. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/British_East_India_Company_Flag_from_Lens.jpg]<br />
[[File:East india Trading Company flag.jpg|thumb|The flags of the East India Trading Company (1685 - 1842)]]<br />
It is sometimes known in Greece as the ''blue-white'', in Greek ''Γαλανόλευκη'' (Galanólefki) or ''Κυανόλευκη'' (Kyanólefki).<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<center><br />
{|<br />
|-<br />
|width="250px" align="center"|[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|200px|center|border]] <small>The current flag, used since 1822.</small><br />
|width="250px" align="center"|[[File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg|200px|center|border]] <small>The old flag, used between 1822 and 1978.</small><br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|[[File:Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_(1863-1924_and_1935-1970).svg|200px|center|border]] <small>Ensign during the monarchy.</small><br />
|align="center"|[[File:Kingdom of Greece Flag.svg|200px|center|border]] <small>State flag during the monarchy.</small><br />
|-<br />
|align="center"|[[File:Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg|200px|center|border]] <small>National flag during the dictatorship (1970-1974).</small><br />
|align="center"|[[File:Flag of Rigas Feraios.svg|200px|center|border]] <small>The first design for the Greek flag, 1797.</small><br />
|}<br />
</center><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Flags of Europe}}<br />
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[[Category:National flags|Greece]]<br />
[[Category:Greece]]<br />
[[Category:National symbols of Greece| ]]</div>2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:9507:8B0C:A381:565A