Banner o Hungary

The banner o Hungary is a tricolor wi horizontal baunds o reid, white an green. This form is the offeecial banner o Hungary syne 1957.

Accordin tae tradeetion, the horizontal tricolor wis adoptit during the Revolution o 1848. The reid seembolizes the strength, lealtie white an green hope.

Up tae 1945, coat o airms wi the ryal croun wis placed at the centre o the banner.

Durin the period o communism (1948-1956) a shield wi the reid starn wis placed at the centre o the banner. Durin the Hungarian Revolution o 1956 that wis cut frae the banner an the banner wi a hole in the middle became a seembol o rebellion.

Follaein the faw o the new govrenment an the restoration o the communist regime, the banner wis introduced a new seembol, but no in an offeecial manner.

The day the banner is whiles decoratit wi the coat o airms o Hungary in the historic center.

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