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Solin, Croatia

Split-Dalmatia County

image by Željko Heimer, 13 April 2023

Presentation of Solin
Flag of Solin
Coat of arms of Solin

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Presentation of Solin

Solin is located just due north of Split. It was the older town in the Roman times from which Split eventually evolved after its destruction.
The municipalities of Split, Solin and Kaštela formed until 1993 the Civic Assembly of the Municipalities of Split (Gradska zajednica općina Split).

Željko Heimer, 3 August 2004

Flag of Solin

The flag is light blue with a yellow bordered emblem in the corner.

Tomislav Šipek, 13 April 2023

Coat of arms of Solin

image by Željko Heimer, 13 April 2023

Solin uses an unheraldical emblem that they insist on calling a coat of arms; however the Ministry objects to it.
The emblem consists of a light blue oval shield including the name of the town, a rising sun, a cross, a construction scheme of the church and the Croatian checky fields.
The emblem must have been designed by Zlatko Badovinac, an architect from Split.

Željko Heimer, 20 September 2009

The emblem of Solin shows in an oval light blue shield the black plan of the peripheral part of the ancient amphitheater and the name of the town, in the middle the red plan of the ancient Croatian basilica of Saints Peter and Moses, and its lower right end merges into the fields of the Croatian coat of arms. Above, a yellow rising sun and an early Christian cross, to the left, white wavy lines joining the horizontal lines at the bottom. The rising sun is said to symbolize Solin as the "cradle of Croatian statehood", the cross as the place of baptism of Croats, and the basilica as the place of coronation of King Zvonimir. The white lines symbolize the Jadro River, which flows into the Adriatic Sea.

Tomislav Šipek, 13 April 2023