Ikurriña - The Flag of the Basque Country | Symbol of Basque Identity #1908461 (License: Personal Use)

The ikurriña is the official flag of the Basque Country, composed of a red field, a white cross, and a green saltire (diagonal cross). Designed in 1894 by Sabino Arana’s brother Luis and later adopted as a nationalist symbol, it represents Basque unity, faith (white), and the traditional oak tree of Guernica (green). Today, it flies across the autonomous communities of the Basque Country and Navarre, and globally among diaspora communities.

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