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388: 376: 400: 110: 131: 62: 184: 1392: 30: 428: 1335: 347:, led a note with his findings on the symbols of the Kingdom of Asturias, based on the older description of Lazaro Diaz del Valle an author of 17th Century. According to this instruction, the Victory Cross was gold on a scarlet background, i.e. the early colors of the church. 447:, also called plain Asturina, is a version of the flag of Asturias with a five-pointed red star on top of the pole and a cross in the middle, without the letters alpha and omega. This flag is associated with 387: 854: 859: 823: 1209: 1081: 231:, the Christian re-conquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moorish domination. However, there is not any historical evidence about the use of this cross. 1101: 869: 538: 227:
against the Moors in 722. This battle, fought in the mountains of Asturias, was hailed by 19th and 20th century historiography as the start of the
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I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
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are unknown, although a white ensign with a red border and a cross of the same color has been attributed as the royal flag of
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ordered that the original wooden cross, made of oak, be clad in gold and precious stones. Currently, it is kept in the
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Flags of Asturias, Spain, and the European Union flying in front of the Asturian presidency of government building.
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yet, Asturians created the current flag, without any separatist intention in the war against the
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An attempt to reconstruct the flag of the Kingdom of Asturias as described by de Jovellanos
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Law 4/1990 of December 19, about the flag of the Principality of Asturias
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groups in Asturias. This variant comes from the cultural collective
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also have variants of their flags with red stars, for example, in
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hang from its horizontal axis. This is a direct reference to the
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The origin of the flag of Asturias is in 1808, during the
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The banners that might represent the early medieval
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in yellow, off-centred toward the hoist, over blue.
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Use
National flag
ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Victory Cross

Use
Civil flag
ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
coat of arms
Victory Cross

Victory Cross
PMS
Victory Cross
Pelagius
King of Asturias
Battle of Covadonga
Reconquista
Alfonso III the Great
Holy Chamber
Oviedo Cathedral
Alpha and Omega
Book of Revelation
Pantone
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Kingdom of Asturias

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