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Flag and arms of Gori - Images by The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 8 February 2011
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The municipality of Gori, named for Georgian "gora", "a hill", is the capital of the Shida Kartli Region (eastern Georgia). An important military stronghold in the Middle Ages, Gori maintains a strategic importance due to its location on the principal highway connecting the eastern and western parts of Georgia. Gori is also known as the birthplace of the Soviet leader Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin.
Jens Pattke, 2 September 2010
The flag and arms of Gori (video presentation, in Georgian) are prescribed by Decree No. 29, adopted on 18 August 2010 by the Municipal Council.
The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 8 February 2011
The flag is quartered red-blue by a red cross fimbriated white skewed to the hoist.
The flag must have been derived from the municipal coat of arms, described in Alexander Mikaberidze as follows:
The arms feature the following symbols related to the town's history:
1st quarter: The Church of Cross at Gori which is conveyed by a mountain of or with a cross of or above it. The church, built on a steep cliff on top of the mountain and seen from practically anywhere in Gori, was originally built in the 12th century.
2nd quarter: Three open books in honor of Jacob Gogebashvili, the famous Georgian educator, children's writer and journalist, who was born near Gori and studied at the Gori Seminary. The books also reflect Gori's status as a center of higher education.
3rd quarter: Three wheat sheaves symbolizing the region's fertility and richness.
4th quarter: A four-teer fortress on the mountain symbolizes the famous Gori fortress.
Jens Pattke & Ivan Sache, 2 September 2010
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Flag and arms of Eredvi - Images communicated by The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 25 January 2011
Eredvi is currently under foreign occupation.
The flag and arms of Eredvi are prescribed by Decree No. 2, adopted on 24 May 2010 by the Municipal Council (in exile).
The flag is red with a white helmet a square white canton, in size 1/3 of the flag's hoist, charged with a red "Georgian" cross patty.
The flag is a banner of the municipal arms, "Gules a helmet argent a canton of the same charged with a cross patty of the first. The shield surmounted by a one-towered mural crown argent
fimbriated sable. Under the shield a scroll argent fimbriated sable
charged with the name of the town in Georgian capital letters sable".
[The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia].
Ivan Sache, 25 January 2011
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Flag and arms of Kurta - Images communicated by The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia, 27 January 2011
Eredvi is currently under foreign occupation.
The flag and arms of Kurta are prescribed by Decree No. 3, adopted on 25 May 2010 by the Municipal Council (in exile).
The flag is red with the municipal coat of arms in the middle.
The arms are "Per pale, 1. Argent a cross gules, 2. Gules an arms argent issuant form dexter holding a sword of the same. The shield surmounted by a one-towered mural crown argent fimbriated sable. Under the shield a scroll argent fimbriated sable charged with the name of the town in Georgian capital letters sable".
[The State Council of Heraldry at the Parliament of Georgia].
Ivan Sache, 27 January 2011