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Europe

Vatican City

Ratio: 1:1 Adopted: June 7, 1929 Usage: Civil

Yellow (gold) and white
(iron) are the colours of
St Peter’s keys
The emblem features
St. Peter’s keys supporting
the papal crown
Yellow and white were
adopted as the papal
colours in 1808

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in the world.
The modern Vatican colors were first the flag as yellow and white, are the
adopted as the papal colors in 1808. colors of the keys of St. Peter, which
The flag was used until 1870 when have accompanied papal arms since
the Papal States were incorporated the Middle Ages. The flag’s white
into a new unified Italy. In 1929, the stripe bears an emblem used since the
Papal States were granted 13th century to represent the
independent status, but their Vatican’s role as the headquarters of
authority was confined to Vatican the Roman Catholic Church.
City. Gold and iron, represented in

EMBLEM OF VATICAN CITY
The triple crown signifies
The crossed keys the three types of temporal
represent the keys power—legislative,
to the Kingdom of executive, and judicial—
Heaven bestowed by vested in the Pope
Christ on St. Peter

A red rope binds the keys

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