Latvia celebrates its 106th birthday today. There is only one symbol of the Latvian state that has its roots in the Middle Ages. It is the national flag. (1/2)
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The flag was designed in the late 19th century, inspired by the 13th-century flag of the Letgallians, mentioned in the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle (c. 1290). According to the chronicle, it was a red flag with a white stripe. https://enciklopedija.lv/skirklis/8867-Latvijas-valsts-karogs (2/2)
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