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	Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the northwest of France, lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south.
		In 2004 the population of Brittany was estimated at 4,198,500 inhabitants.
		The megalithic alignments at Carnac testify to the organisation of the prehistoric population of Brittany
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brittany (2122 words)

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		Nominoë snatched Brittany from the archdiocese of Tours on which she was suffragan; he founded the archdiocese of Dol, in order to establish a self governing Breton church which could continue and support the traditions of the Bretons.
		With the accession of the Monfort to the throne, Brittany was at the height of her power and of her thriving prosperity.
		François the 2nd, the duke of Brittany, was compelled to accept the clause of the Treaty which stated that his daughter, Anne, the only heiress of the Dukedom could marry only with the consent of the king of France.
	www.chez.com /buan1/history_of_brittany.htm (1553 words)

	Brittany Ferries (Shipping company, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The house flag of Brittany Ferries - taking that to mean the flag which is flown on the vessels - usse the wavy "blue over orange separated by a white stripe" motif which looks as though it ought to be a flag, but isn't.
		They are the P&O house flag, the Union Jack, the Tricolore and a Brittany Ferries flag, based on the logotype which appears on their advertising.
		According to Brown 1995 [lga95] the flag was white with a panel resembling a flapping flag being yellow with a narrow white horizontal band and overall a fl and white target.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr~hfbrf.html (685 words)

	Flag of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flag of Brittany is called the Gwenn-ha-du, which means white and fl in Breton.
		Because of the absence of legislation concerning regional flags in France the flag is also flown on sail and fishing boats.
		Some Bretons say that it is the only flag in the world which does not have any colours, which is incorrect (Canton of Fribourg, Ceuta, and Cornwall are others), but surely it is the only flag in the world which in a parade is carried at arm's length over head.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Brittany (575 words)

	Trégor (Traditional province, Brittany, France)
		The base of the flag is a simplified version of the flag of saint Yves, well-known in the area.
		The flag of Trégor is a provincial flag and the Breton flag has precedence over it.
		The Trégor flag is on the same footing as the eight other provincial flags of Brittany, but it has precedence over them in Trégor.
	flagspot.net /flags/fr-bz-t.html (888 words)

	Duchy of Brittany (1188-1532) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The plain ermine became the flag of the province and was suppressed in 1789, when provinces were abolished and replaced by departments.
		The Army of Brittany during the 1870 war used the coat of arms of the duchy on a white field.
		The second flag is white with a fl Scandinavian cross and a fl iron cross fimbriated in white and fl in canton.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-bz-du.html (1180 words)

	Welcome to the Celtic Store - Dallas Texas, USA
		The Tri-colour, the national flag of Ireland, represents the native Irish Gaelic clans of Ireland with Green, the settlers of the Ulster plantation with Orange and peace between the two with White.
		A yellow flag with a red cross, bearing a white shield charged with the red hand of Ulster, is a banner of the arms of the traditional province of Ulster.
		The flag of the Principality of Asturias, in the north of Spain is light blue with a cross called Cruz de la Victoria (Cross of Victory) which is a jewel crossm kept in the Cathedral at Oviedo, the capital city of the region.
	www.celticstoreusa.com /Flags_page.htm (1250 words)

	Brittany (Traditional province, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Bretons often say that it is the only fl and white flag in the world, which is wrong (see for instance the flags of Fribourg and Ceuta), but surely it is the only flag in the world that in a parade shall be carried at arm's length over the head.
		This flag is supposed to be a modern synthesis between the traditional banner of arms and a figuration of the Breton diversity.
		The flag is shown hanging on the wall of a gym in the city of Lannion where members of the FALSAB are training.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-bz.html (1108 words)

	British shipping companies (B)
		A house flag was adopted which consisted of the St. George's flag with a green diamond in the center, bearing a golden lion passant gardant.
		Flags of the World (1961) gives this flag as originally adopted 1949 for the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive which appears to have split into the British Waterways Board and British Transport Docks.
		The replacement flag noted by Jarig shows a blue field with the blue wave emblem on a horizontal white oval which is taken from Loughran (1979).
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/gb~hfbr.html (3030 words)

	Flag Burning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The flag is not something that is owned by the government, it is owned by the people, and what the flag means to them is up to each individual person to decide.
		Five years after this pole was taken a man burnt the flag at a political rally, he was arrested, when he appealed to the supreme court, they said that it was protected under his freedom of speech, the views of the court changed, they wrote their opinion to fit the views of the public.
		Flag burning is protected as our right to speak out agents our government, to challenge it, to stand up and say we don’t like what their doing.
	dana.ucc.nau.edu /~rbh4/FlagBurning.html (1748 words)

	Panceltic flag
		A report of a previous flag is given by Divy Kervella (1998) in "Emblèmes et symboles des Bretons et des Celtes".
		The flag is a collage of the flags of the six Celtic nations (clockwise from upper left): Brittany, Isle of Man, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, and Ireland.
		The use of Pan-Celtic flags is during meetings, such as Celtic festivals, for inter-Celtic groups, such as the Celtic congress, or perhaps for people of all or many of the six Celtic nations descent.
	www.fotw.net /flags/int-celt.html (763 words)

	Asturias (Spain)
		The flag of the Principality of Asturias, in the north of Spain is light blue with a cross called Cruz de la Victoria (Cross of Victory) which is a jewel kept in the Cathedral at Oviedo, the capital city of the region.
		The flag of the Principality of Asturias is rectangular, with a yellow Victory Cross on a blue field.
		The flag of the Principality of Asturias, shall have a ceremony or highest respect version, manufactured in silk taffeta with the Victory Cross in gold, decorated with precious stones in their proper colour and the letters alpha and omega also in gold.
	www.fotw.net /flags/es-o.html (1522 words)

	Reunion (France): Flag proposals
		He affirms that one should show oneself to be proud of the tricolore flag that has gone around the worldwith the name, the Glory and the liberty of the Motherland.
		The Reunionese cultural flag came to light in the aftermath of strong request from Reunionese culture militants, some of them belong to associations whose statutes mention that Reunionese culture should be taken into account.
		The symbolical aim of the Reunionese cultural flag is to represent the expression of the Reunionese cultural identity.Therefore in cultural meetings, every Reunionese can fly his colours without arrogance and with dignity.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/re!.html (1222 words)

	Brest (Municipality, Finistère, France)
		However, this flag is more probably the Breton Kroazh-Du (Black Cross), which was placed on the portolano to represent Brittany.
		In the XVth century, the flag of Brest was the fl cross flag with a red vertical stripe placed along the fly.
		This flag is shown on an anonymous portolano kept in the French National Library.
	flagspot.net /flags/fr-29-br.html (1645 words)

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		If you do not see the flag you want, please click on the "Contact Us" page to let us know what you are looking for and we will advise you about availability and price.
		These 12" x 18" flags on 3/8" natural wood staffs with gilt spear tips may be used with any of the above gravemarkers or inserted directly in the ground.
		If you do not see the flag you want, please use the "Contact Us" page to let us know what you are looking for and we will advise you about availability and price.
	www.theflagfactory.com /?pageid=51054 (323 words)

	Variations of the Gay Pride / Rainbow Flag
		This seems to be a fairly consistent pattern — taking an existing flag and “merging” it with the Rainbow Flag or various GLBT [gay, lesbian, bissexual and transgendered] symbols to represent GLBT members of the group the existing flag represents.
		The most prevelent was the gay Rainbow flag in several different varieties (including one with a smiley face on it) and a few other gay flags (since this is the gay mecca of the city).
		This is a variant of the rainbow flag with a fl heart and fl bones (like in the Jolly Roger).
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/qq-rb_v.html (827 words)

	The French Flags
		These are generic flags, similar to our modern concept of a flag, as opposed to any specific, unique banner of special importance, such as the oriflamme.
		The white flag itself was the ensign of commanding officers, such as colonel generals, and later colonels.
		In 1804 took place the distribution of new flags to the regiments, and it is at that time that the near-religious rituals surrounding regimental flags were adopted.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/frflag.htm (1476 words)

	Brittany travel guide - Wikitravel
		Brittany (French: Bretagne, Breton: Breizh; [1]) is a diverse region of northwestern France.
		Brittany received its modern name when it was settled (in around 500 AD) by Britons, whom the Anglo-Saxons had driven from Britain.
		The people of Brittany all speak French, many speak the regional Breton language Breton, and many speak English very well.
	wikitravel.org /en/Brittany (795 words)

	The Australian Flag
		The device "in the corner" (as Mr Keating expressed it) is a quarter (an heraldic charge) bearing the Union (the crosses of Saint Andrew, Saint George and Saint Patrick) as borne on the national flag of the United Kingdom and thus representing the patron saints of the three principal nations which founded Australia.
		The arms of Brittany were ermine, which means that the shield was white and featured the fl tails of the winter stoat.
		Some later earls bore the Brittany ermine on a canton, but no great significance may be attached to such a diminution at this early stage of heraldry's development.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-01/ausflag.html (876 words)

	Celtic League American Branch - Brittany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		BRITTANY (BREIZH): Alone among the six Celtic nations, Brittany, as the northwestern penninsula of the French “Hexagon,” has found itself attached to France instead of England.
		Maintaining a precarious independence throughout the Middle Ages as a duchy, Brittany evaded an English takeover in the Hundred Years War only to be finally absorbed by France at the end of the 1400s.
		Remnants of Brittany’s separate political identity persisted to the end of the 1700s only to be abolished by the French Revolution.
	www.celticleague.org /brittany.html (188 words)

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		Brittany is surrounded by three bodies of water: the English Channel to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Bay of Biscay to the south.
		The flag of Brittany is called the "Gwenn ha Du" (White and Black).
		The ermines came from the "Duchy of Brittany" flag.
	www.angelfire.com /ny5/brewerianakingston/breizh.html (232 words)

	United States Flag Old Glory
		The flag should be displayed daily at or near the entrance to every public building, in or near every public polling place on election days, and in or near every schoolhouse on the days school is held.
		When the flag of the United States is displayed against a wall with another flag their staffs shall be crossed and the flag of the United States shall be in front of the other flag.
		The flag may be flown at half staff by order of the president upon the death of principal figures of the United States, Governor of a State, or a territory or possession.
	lindleyonline.com /flag/flag.htm (956 words)

	Gwenn ha du - Breton flag, flag of Brittany >> Geobreizh.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is used and recognized by all Bretons as the strong, unifying symbol of Brittany.
		The flag was used in the Brittany house for the Exibition of Decorative Arts, in Paris 1925.
		The oldest documents attest that this flag dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, of which an older version appeared in battle in 1351.
	www.geobreizh.com /breizh/fra/drapeaux-gwennhadu-en.asp (1268 words)

	Breton Identity Yan Kraffe & Friends
		The assaults against these three components of Breton identity are obvious : Brittany's history and language are not taught and its territory has been amputated of its historical capital, Nantes (Naoned).
		Actually, he acted in such a way as to protect the independence and the prosperity of Brittany from both England's and France's advances.
		The Revolution of 1789 deprived Brittany of any legal administrative existence: the territory was divided into five " départements ".
	www.kraffe.org /kraffe/breton/id.htm (1595 words)

	unusual flag
		Description is: The Basque flag is the regional flag of the Autonomous Region of Euskadi.
		It is flown subordinate to the Spanish flag.
		The red represents the blood shed by the Basques in their fight for independence, the white for the Catholic faith and the green is for the Oak of Guernica.
	www.bikeforums.net /archive/index.php/t-123571 (394 words)

	Brittany (Traditional province, France)
		The Breton flag is called the Gwenn-ha-Du which means 'white and fl'.
		The Bretons often ay that it is the only fl and white flag in the world, which is wrong (see Fribourg, Ceuta, etc.), but surely it is the only flag in the world which in a parade shall be carried at arm's length over head.
		Over the years, the authorities considered the flag as separatist but things have now changed and the flag can appear everywhere, even on public buildings along with the French flag.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/fr-bz.html (1108 words)

	A Flag Thread - Page 100 - Alternate History Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Flag of the Viridian Empire, a spacefaring parliamentary monarchy on the outer rim of the Milky Way, dominated by a sapient and sentient plant-like species.
		Flag of the Francan Regality, an aggressive spacefaring autocracy which emulates pre-revolutionary France culturally, despite being dominated by the R'qaar, a sapient cephalopod species.
		The 2nd Flag of the United Alliance of Free Sentients, changed to a simpler design in 4511.
	www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/showthread.php?p=896914 (610 words)

	Brittany Ferries - Brittany Ferries ferry crossings and holidays to France and Spain
		Travel in luxury on our flag ship "Pont-Aven" and enjoy state-of-the-art facilities and superbly appointed cabins normally only found on cruise ships.
		Landbridge also offers you a choice of routes across the Irish Sea to the UK from which you can continue on your holiday to France from any of Brittany Ferries four regular routes, or instead opt for our direct ferry service from Plymouth to Spain.
		Brittany Ferries has been voted "Best Ferry Operator 2006" by a panel of travel experts at the recent TTG Awards...
	www.brittanyferries.ie (199 words)

	Scilly & Brittany
		Brittany, the western part of France was a natural stop in the Viking and Celtic trail.
		The Vikings were more active further up, in Normandy, but Brittany certainly have strong similarities with the Scots and Irish people.
		And certainly, Brittany is something more than the France we were familiar with.
	home.online.no /~pernoll/RI_ScillyFrance.html (849 words)

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